M08.42 Pauciarticular juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, elbow

Non-billable header with 3 child codes.

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 M08.42

• M08.421 Pauciarticular juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, right elbow
• M08.422 Pauciarticular juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, left elbow
• M08.429 Pauciarticular juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, unspecified elbow

Code annotations containing back-references to M08.42

Back-references to M08

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

Diagnosis Index entries for M08.42

• Arthritis, arthritic (acute) (chronic) (nonpyogenic) (subacute) › juvenile › pauciarticular › elbow

Nearby codes

• M08.40 Pauciarticular juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, unspecified site
• M08.41 Pauciarticular juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, shoulder
• M08.411 Pauciarticular juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, right shoulder
• M08.412 Pauciarticular juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, left shoulder
• M08.419 Pauciarticular juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, unspecified shoulder
• M08.42 Pauciarticular juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, elbow (this code)
• M08.421 Pauciarticular juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, right elbow
• M08.422 Pauciarticular juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, left elbow
• M08.429 Pauciarticular juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, unspecified elbow
• M08.43 Pauciarticular juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, wrist
• M08.431 Pauciarticular juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, right wrist