M06.0
Rheumatoid arthritis without rheumatoid factor
Non-billable headerNot valid on its own. Use one of the more specific codes under it.
M06.0 is a non-billable ICD-10-CM code header for rheumatoid arthritis without rheumatoid factor. Report a more specific code from it instead. It is part of the FY2027 code set, effective October 1, 2026. The more specific codes under it are M06.00 Rheumatoid arthritis without rheumatoid factor, unspecified site; M06.01 Rheumatoid arthritis without rheumatoid factor, shoulder; M06.02 Rheumatoid arthritis without rheumatoid factor, elbow; M06.03 Rheumatoid arthritis without rheumatoid factor, wrist and 7 more. Its coding notes include 10 Excludes2 entries.
Excludes2
Not included here. Both codes may be reported if the patient has both conditions.
Also from chapter/block level (10 notes)
Inherited from Chapter 13 Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue
- arthropathic psoriasis (L40.5-)
- certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
- certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
- compartment syndrome (traumatic) (T79.A-)
- complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
- congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
- endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
- injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
- neoplasms (C00-D49)
- symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)
Notes
Also from chapter/block level (1 note)
Inherited from Chapter 13 Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue
- Use an external cause code following the code for the musculoskeletal condition, if applicable, to identify the cause of the musculoskeletal condition
More specific codes under M06.0 11
- M06.00Rheumatoid arthritis without rheumatoid factor, unspecified siteBillable
- M06.01Rheumatoid arthritis without rheumatoid factor, shoulderHeader
- M06.02Rheumatoid arthritis without rheumatoid factor, elbowHeader
- M06.03Rheumatoid arthritis without rheumatoid factor, wristHeader
- M06.04Rheumatoid arthritis without rheumatoid factor, handHeader
- M06.05Rheumatoid arthritis without rheumatoid factor, hipHeader
- M06.06Rheumatoid arthritis without rheumatoid factor, kneeHeader
- M06.07Rheumatoid arthritis without rheumatoid factor, ankle and footHeader
- M06.08Rheumatoid arthritis without rheumatoid factor, vertebraeBillable
- M06.09Rheumatoid arthritis without rheumatoid factor, multiple sitesBillable
- M06.0ARheumatoid arthritis without rheumatoid factor, other specified siteBillable