M08.46 Pauciarticular juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, knee

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 M08.46

• M08.461 Pauciarticular juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, right knee
• M08.462 Pauciarticular juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, left knee
• M08.469 Pauciarticular juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, unspecified knee

Code annotations containing back-references to M08.46

Back-references to M08

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

Diagnosis Index entries for M08.46

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

Nearby codes

• M08.449 Pauciarticular juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, unspecified hand
• M08.45 Pauciarticular juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, hip
• M08.451 Pauciarticular juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, right hip
• M08.452 Pauciarticular juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, left hip
• M08.459 Pauciarticular juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, unspecified hip
• M08.46 Pauciarticular juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, knee (this code)
• M08.461 Pauciarticular juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, right knee
• M08.462 Pauciarticular juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, left knee
• M08.469 Pauciarticular juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, unspecified knee
• M08.47 Pauciarticular juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, ankle and foot
• M08.471 Pauciarticular juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, right ankle and foot