M08.0 Unspecified juvenile rheumatoid arthritis

Non-billable header with 11 child codes.

Applicable to

• Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis with or without rheumatoid factor

Applies from M08 Juvenile arthritis

Excludes1 (never code together)

• arthropathy in Whipple's disease (M14.8)
• Felty's syndrome (M05.0)
• juvenile dermatomyositis (M33.0-)
• psoriatic juvenile arthropathy (L40.54)

Code also

• any associated underlying condition, such as:
• regional enteritis [Crohn's disease] (K50.-)
• ulcerative colitis (K51.-)

Codes under M08.0

• M08.00 Unspecified juvenile rheumatoid arthritis of unspecified site
• M08.01 Unspecified juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, shoulder
• M08.02 Unspecified juvenile rheumatoid arthritis of elbow
• M08.03 Unspecified juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, wrist
• M08.04 Unspecified juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, hand
• M08.05 Unspecified juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, hip
• M08.06 Unspecified juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, knee
• M08.07 Unspecified juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, ankle and foot
• M08.08 Unspecified juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, vertebrae
• M08.09 Unspecified juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sites
• M08.0A Unspecified juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, other specified site

Code annotations containing back-references to M08.0

Back-references to M08.0

• Type 1 Excludes: M08.9 Juvenile arthritis, unspecified ("juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, unspecified (M08.0-)")

Back-references to M08

• Type 1 Excludes: M05 Rheumatoid arthritis with rheumatoid factor ("juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (M08.-)")

Nearby codes

• M08 Juvenile arthritis
• M08.0 Unspecified juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (this code)
• M08.00 Unspecified juvenile rheumatoid arthritis of unspecified site
• M08.01 Unspecified juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, shoulder
• M08.011 Unspecified juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, right shoulder
• M08.012 Unspecified juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, left shoulder
• M08.019 Unspecified juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, unspecified shoulder