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M08.93

Juvenile arthritis, unspecified, wrist

Not billable — category only 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 15 never code together
M08code
Excludes1
  • arthropathy in Whipple's disease (M14.8)M14.8
  • Felty's syndrome (M05.0)M05.0
  • juvenile dermatomyositis (M33.0-)M33.0-
  • psoriatic juvenile arthropathy (L40.54)L40.54
M08.9code
Excludes1
  • juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, unspecified (M08.0-)M08.0-
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 5
M08code
Code also
  • any associated underlying condition, such as:
  • regional enteritis [Crohn's disease] (K50.-)K50.-
  • ulcerative colitis (K51.-)K51.-
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
  • Arthritis, arthritic (acute) (chronic) (nonpyogenic) (subacute) M19.90
Alongside this code 10 same parent — M08.9
M08.90 Juvenile arthritis, unspecified, unspecified site M08.91 Juvenile arthritis, unspecified, shoulder category M08.92 Juvenile arthritis, unspecified, elbow category M08.94 Juvenile arthritis, unspecified, hand category M08.95 Juvenile arthritis, unspecified, hip category M08.96 Juvenile arthritis, unspecified, knee category M08.97 Juvenile arthritis, unspecified, ankle and foot category M08.98 Juvenile arthritis, unspecified, vertebrae M08.99 Juvenile arthritis, unspecified, multiple sites M08.9A Juvenile arthritis, unspecified, other specified site
Subordinate codes 3
M08.931 Juvenile arthritis, unspecified, right wrist M08.932 Juvenile arthritis, unspecified, left wrist M08.939 Juvenile arthritis, unspecified, unspecified wrist
Medications 1
34 Arthritis, Juvenile drugs

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.

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Risk adjustment

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This code

Billable
no
Code set
FY2026
Parent
M08.9
Block
M00-M25
Siblings
10
Subordinate
3

Present FY2024–FY2027.