M00.09
Staphylococcal polyarthritis
Billable FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
Exclusions 11 never code together
M00-M99chapter
Excludes2
- arthropathic psoriasis (L40.5-)L40.5-
- certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)P04-P96
- certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)A00-B99
- compartment syndrome (traumatic) (T79.A-)T79.A-
- complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)O00-O9A
- congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)Q00-Q99
- endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)E00-E88
- injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)S00-T88
- neoplasms (C00-D49)C00-D49
- symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)R00-R94
Excludes2 — not included here, but the patient may have both. Code both when documented.
Instructional notes 3
M00.0code
Use additional code
- code (B95.61-B95.8) to identify bacterial agentB95.61-B95.8
M00-M25block
Includes
- Disorders affecting predominantly peripheral (limb) joints
M00-M99chapter
Notes
- Use an external cause code following the code for the musculoskeletal condition, if applicable, to identify the cause of the musculoskeletal condition
Index entries leading here 1
Alongside this code 9 same parent — M00.0
M00.00 Staphylococcal arthritis, unspecified joint M00.01 Staphylococcal arthritis, shoulder category M00.02 Staphylococcal arthritis, elbow category M00.03 Staphylococcal arthritis, wrist category M00.04 Staphylococcal arthritis, hand category M00.05 Staphylococcal arthritis, hip category M00.06 Staphylococcal arthritis, knee category M00.07 Staphylococcal arthritis, ankle and foot category M00.08 Staphylococcal arthritis, vertebrae
Additional references
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Official coding advice for this code. Published by the American Hospital Association. Not included in this installation.