M14.6
Charcot's joint
Not billable — category only FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
Exclusions 22 never code together
M14code
Excludes1
- arthropathy in:
- diabetes mellitus (E08-E13 with .61-)E08-E13
- hematological disorders (M36.2-M36.3)M36.2-M36.3
- hypersensitivity reactions (M36.4)M36.4
- neoplastic disease (M36.1)M36.1
- neurosyphillis (A52.16)A52.16
- sarcoidosis (D86.86)D86.86
- enteropathic arthropathies (M07.-)M07.-
- juvenile psoriatic arthropathy (L40.54)L40.54
- lipoid dermatoarthritis (E78.81)E78.81
M14.6code
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 3
Index entries leading here filed at null
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Alongside this code 1 same parent — M14
Subordinate codes 10
M14.60 Charcot's joint, unspecified site M14.61 Charcot's joint, shoulder M14.62 Charcot's joint, elbow M14.63 Charcot's joint, wrist M14.64 Charcot's joint, hand M14.65 Charcot's joint, hip M14.66 Charcot's joint, knee M14.67 Charcot's joint, ankle and foot M14.68 Charcot's joint, vertebrae M14.69 Charcot's joint, multiple sites
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