Coding and coverage · ICD-10-CM

M02 Postinfective and reactive arthropathies

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Codes under this one

  • M02.0 Arthropathy following intestinal bypassHeader
  • M02.1 Postdysenteric arthropathyHeader
  • M02.2 Postimmunization arthropathyHeader
  • M02.3 Reiter's diseaseHeader
  • M02.8 Other reactive arthropathiesHeader
  • M02.9 Reactive arthropathy, unspecified

Instructional notes

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Excludes2Not included here: the patient may have both; report both when both are present.
  • arthropathic psoriasis (L40.5-)
  • certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
  • certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
  • compartment syndrome (traumatic) (T79.A-)
  • complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
  • congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
  • endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
  • injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
  • neoplasms (C00-D49)
  • symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)
Notes
  • Use an external cause code following the code for the musculoskeletal condition, if applicable, to identify the cause of the musculoskeletal condition

Section M00-M25

Includes
  • Disorders affecting predominantly peripheral (limb) joints

This code

Excludes1Not coded here: never report with this code, except when the two conditions are unrelated.
  • Behçet's disease (M35.2)
  • direct infections of joint in infectious and parasitic diseases classified elsewhere (M01.-)
  • postmeningococcal arthritis (A39.84)
  • mumps arthritis (B26.85)
  • rubella arthritis (B06.82)
  • syphilis arthritis (late) (A52.77)
  • rheumatic fever (I00)
  • tabetic arthropathy [Charcôt's] (A52.16)
Code firstSequence the underlying condition first.
  • underlying disease, such as:
  • congenital syphilis [Clutton's joints] (A50.5)
  • enteritis due to Yersinia enterocolitica (A04.6)
  • infective endocarditis (I33.0)
  • viral hepatitis (B15-B19)

Chapter 13: Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue · M00-M25 Arthropathies (M00-M25)

Source: ICD-10-CM FY 2027 code descriptions and tabular list (CMS and CDC National Center for Health Statistics), effective 2026-10-01 through 2027-09-30 · CMS ICD-10 files. HCC mapping: CMS-HCC V28, payment year 2027. As of 2026-11-04.

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