M02.00
Arthropathy following intestinal bypass, unspecified site
Billable FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
This is the unspecified option. 9 more
specific codes sit alongside it. Worth
checking whether the documentation supports one of them.
Exclusions 18 never code together
M02code
Excludes1
- Behçet's disease (M35.2)M35.2
- direct infections of joint in infectious and parasitic diseases classified elsewhere (M01.-)M01.-
- postmeningococcal arthritis (A39.84)A39.84
- mumps arthritis (B26.85)B26.85
- rubella arthritis (B06.82)B06.82
- syphilis arthritis (late) (A52.77)A52.77
- rheumatic fever (I00)I00
- tabetic arthropathy [Charcôt's] (A52.16)A52.16
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
Excludes1 — never code together. The excluded condition and this one are mutually exclusive.
Excludes2 — not included here, but the patient may have both. Code both when documented.
Instructional notes 7
Alongside this code 9 same parent — M02.0
M02.01 Arthropathy following intestinal bypass, shoulder category M02.02 Arthropathy following intestinal bypass, elbow category M02.03 Arthropathy following intestinal bypass, wrist category M02.04 Arthropathy following intestinal bypass, hand category M02.05 Arthropathy following intestinal bypass, hip category M02.06 Arthropathy following intestinal bypass, knee category M02.07 Arthropathy following intestinal bypass, ankle and foot category M02.08 Arthropathy following intestinal bypass, vertebrae M02.09 Arthropathy following intestinal bypass, multiple sites
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