M00 — Pyogenic arthritis

Not billable

Is M00 billable?

No — M00 is a non-billable header code. M00 groups more specific codes and cannot be submitted on a claim. A valid ICD-10-CM code must be reported at the highest level of specificity available in its branch. Select one of the 60 billable codes beneath M00.

Billable codes under this header

M00 at a glance

Code	M00
Description	Pyogenic arthritis
Billable	No — header code
Code set	ICD-10-CM FY2027
Valid for encounters	October 1, 2026 – September 30, 2027

Excludes2 — not included here

The conditions below are not part of M00, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, M00 and the excluded code may both be reported.

infection and inflammatory reaction due to internal joint prosthesis (T84.5-)

Excludes2 — not included here — inherited from Chapter 13

The conditions below are not part of M00, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, M00 and the excluded code may both be reported.

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)

What codes fall under M00? (5)

How long has M00 existed?

M00 has been in ICD-10-CM since at least FY2016, the earliest fiscal year on record here.

Derived from the official order files for FY2016–FY2026. FY2017 and FY2020 publish no order file, so those years are not covered.