M02.2
Postimmunization arthropathy
Not billable — category only FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
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
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Alongside this code 5 same parent — M02
Subordinate codes 10
M02.20 Postimmunization arthropathy, unspecified site M02.21 Postimmunization arthropathy, shoulder M02.22 Postimmunization arthropathy, elbow M02.23 Postimmunization arthropathy, wrist M02.24 Postimmunization arthropathy, hand M02.25 Postimmunization arthropathy, hip M02.26 Postimmunization arthropathy, knee M02.27 Postimmunization arthropathy, ankle and foot M02.28 Postimmunization arthropathy, vertebrae M02.29 Postimmunization arthropathy, multiple sites
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