Other specified rheumatoid arthritis
Other specified rheumatoid arthritis
M06.8 is a header (parent) code in the ICD-10-CM hierarchy. It is not billable for claim submission. Use one of the billable child codes listed below.
Billable codes in this category
Each of the codes below is billable. Choose the one that most accurately describes the patient's diagnosis.
M06.80 classifies a form of rheumatoid arthritis that falls outside the specifically named RA subtypes (seronegative, Still's disease, rheumatoid bursitis, rheumatoid nodule) but without documentation of a specific anatomical site.
Inflammatory arthritis of the vertebral joints classified as 'other specified' rheumatoid arthritis — meaning the provider has documented a specific RA subtype that does not map to seropositive (M05) or seronegative (M06.0) categories, with the spine as the primary affected site.
M06.89 captures other specified rheumatoid arthritis affecting multiple joint sites simultaneously, used when the RA subtype does not carry a positive rheumatoid factor and the polyarticular presentation spans joints that cannot be collapsed into a single anatomic site code.
Other specified rheumatoid arthritis affecting a site that does not map to any of the named anatomical locations in the M06.8 subcategory — used when the involved joint or structure is documented but falls outside shoulder, elbow, wrist, hand, hip, knee, ankle/foot, vertebrae, or multiple sites.