M05.3
Rheumatoid heart disease with rheumatoid arthritis
Not billable — category only FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
Exclusions 13 never code together
M05code
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 6
M05.3code
Inclusion terms
- Rheumatoid carditis
- Rheumatoid endocarditis
- Rheumatoid myocarditis
- Rheumatoid pericarditis
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 filed at null
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Alongside this code 10 same parent — M05
M05.0 Felty's syndrome category M05.1 Rheumatoid lung disease with rheumatoid arthritis category M05.2 Rheumatoid vasculitis with rheumatoid arthritis category M05.4 Rheumatoid myopathy with rheumatoid arthritis category M05.5 Rheumatoid polyneuropathy with rheumatoid arthritis category M05.6 Rheumatoid arthritis w involvement of oth organs and systems category M05.7 Rheumatoid arthritis w rheumatoid factor w/o org/sys involv category M05.8 Other rheumatoid arthritis with rheumatoid factor category M05.9 Rheumatoid arthritis with rheumatoid factor, unspecified M05.A Abn rheu fctr & anti-citrul protein antibody w rheu arthrit
Subordinate codes 9
M05.30 Rheumatoid heart disease w rheumatoid arthritis of unsp site M05.31 Rheumatoid heart disease w rheumatoid arthritis of shoulder M05.32 Rheumatoid heart disease with rheumatoid arthritis of elbow M05.33 Rheumatoid heart disease with rheumatoid arthritis of wrist M05.34 Rheumatoid heart disease with rheumatoid arthritis of hand M05.35 Rheumatoid heart disease with rheumatoid arthritis of hip M05.36 Rheumatoid heart disease with rheumatoid arthritis of knee M05.37 Rheumatoid heart disease w rheumatoid arthritis of ank/ft M05.39 Rheumatoid heart disease w rheumatoid arthritis mult site
Medications 1
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