M08.08
Unspecified juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, vertebrae
Billable FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
This is the unspecified option. 10 more
specific codes sit alongside it. Worth
checking whether the documentation supports one of them.
Exclusions 14 never code together
M08code
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
M08code
M08.0code
Inclusion terms
- Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis with or without rheumatoid factor
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 10 same parent — M08.0
M08.00 Unsp juvenile rheumatoid arthritis of unspecified site M08.01 Unspecified juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, shoulder category M08.02 Unspecified juvenile rheumatoid arthritis of elbow category M08.03 Unspecified juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, wrist category M08.04 Unspecified juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, hand category M08.05 Unspecified juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, hip category M08.06 Unspecified juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, knee category M08.07 Unspecified juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, ankle and foot category M08.09 Unspecified juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sites M08.0A Unspecified juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, oth site
Medications 2
MED-RT files conditions by MeSH, which carves the world differently from ICD-10. These are name matches on this code's description, offered as candidates — not as an assertion that they are this code.
Additional references
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