M08.44 Pauciarticular juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, hand

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 M08.44

• M08.441 Pauciarticular juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, right hand
• M08.442 Pauciarticular juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, left hand
• M08.449 Pauciarticular juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, unspecified hand

Code annotations containing back-references to M08.44

Back-references to M08

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

Diagnosis Index entries for M08.44

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

Nearby codes

• M08.429 Pauciarticular juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, unspecified elbow
• M08.43 Pauciarticular juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, wrist
• M08.431 Pauciarticular juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, right wrist
• M08.432 Pauciarticular juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, left wrist
• M08.439 Pauciarticular juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, unspecified wrist
• M08.44 Pauciarticular juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, hand (this code)
• M08.441 Pauciarticular juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, right hand
• M08.442 Pauciarticular juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, left hand
• M08.449 Pauciarticular juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, unspecified hand
• M08.45 Pauciarticular juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, hip
• M08.451 Pauciarticular juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, right hip