Palindromic rheumatism
Palindromic rheumatism
M12.3 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.
Palindromic rheumatism with no documented joint site — use only when the affected joint(s) cannot be identified from the encounter documentation.
Palindromic rheumatism affecting a specified joint site that does not correspond to any other individually enumerated site in the M12.3 subcategory — most notably used for vertebral involvement per the ICD-10-CM tabular note.
Palindromic rheumatism affecting multiple joint sites simultaneously, coded when the clinician documents episodic, self-resolving arthritis flares involving more than one anatomical region without a single dominant site.