M08.48 Pauciarticular juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, vertebrae

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.-)

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)

• 714.32 Pauciarticular juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (approximate)

Code annotations containing back-references to M08.48

Back-references to M08

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

Diagnosis Index entries for M08.48

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

Nearby codes

• 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
• M08.472 Pauciarticular juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, left ankle and foot
• M08.479 Pauciarticular juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, unspecified ankle and foot
• M08.48 Pauciarticular juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, vertebrae (this code)
• M08.4A Pauciarticular juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, other specified site
• M08.8 Other juvenile arthritis
• M08.80 Other juvenile arthritis, unspecified site
• M08.81 Other juvenile arthritis, shoulder
• M08.811 Other juvenile arthritis, right shoulder