M12.0
Chronic postrheumatic arthropathy [Jaccoud]
Not billable — category only FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
Exclusions 12 never code together
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 2
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Alongside this code 7 same parent — M12
M12.1 Kaschin-Beck disease category M12.2 Villonodular synovitis (pigmented) category M12.3 Palindromic rheumatism category M12.4 Intermittent hydrarthrosis category M12.5 Traumatic arthropathy category M12.8 Other specific arthropathies, not elsewhere classified category M12.9 Arthropathy, unspecified
Subordinate codes 10
M12.00 Chronic postrheumatic arthropathy, unspecified site M12.01 Chronic postrheumatic arthropathy [Jaccoud], shoulder M12.02 Chronic postrheumatic arthropathy [Jaccoud], elbow M12.03 Chronic postrheumatic arthropathy [Jaccoud], wrist M12.04 Chronic postrheumatic arthropathy [Jaccoud], hand M12.05 Chronic postrheumatic arthropathy [Jaccoud], hip M12.06 Chronic postrheumatic arthropathy [Jaccoud], knee M12.07 Chronic postrheumatic arthropathy [Jaccoud], ankle and foot M12.08 Chronic postrheumatic arthropathy, other specified site M12.09 Chronic postrheumatic arthropathy [Jaccoud], multiple sites
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