M08.00 Unspecified juvenile rheumatoid arthritis of unspecified site
Billable ICD-10-CM code, FY2026.
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.-)
Applies from M08.0 Unspecified juvenile rheumatoid arthritis
Applicable to
- Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis with or without rheumatoid factor
Risk adjustment (HCC)
- CMS-HCC V28: HCC 93 — Rheumatoid Arthritis and Other Specified Inflammatory Rheumatic Disorders
- CMS-HCC V22: HCC 40 — Rheumatoid Arthritis and Inflammatory Connective Tissue Disease
- RxHCC V08: HCC 83 — Rheumatoid Arthritis and Other Inflammatory Polyarthropathy
- ESRD V24: HCC 40
MS-DRG index
Defines the logic of DRG(s) 545-547 in MDC 08.
Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)
714.30 Polyarticular juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, chronic or unspecified (approximate)
Code annotations containing back-references to M08.00
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.-)")
Diagnosis Index entries for M08.00
- Arthritis, arthritic (acute) (chronic) (nonpyogenic) (subacute) › rheumatoid › juvenile (with or without rheumatoid factor)
Nearby codes
M08 Juvenile arthritisM08.0 Unspecified juvenile rheumatoid arthritisM08.00 Unspecified juvenile rheumatoid arthritis of unspecified site (this code)M08.01 Unspecified juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, shoulderM08.011 Unspecified juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, right shoulderM08.012 Unspecified juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, left shoulderM08.019 Unspecified juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, unspecified shoulderM08.02 Unspecified juvenile rheumatoid arthritis of elbow