M00.17 — Pneumococcal arthritis, ankle and foot
Is M00.17 billable?
No — M00.17 is a non-billable header code. M00.17 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 3 billable codes beneath M00.17.
M00.17 at a glance
| Code | M00.17 |
|---|---|
| Description | Pneumococcal arthritis, ankle and foot |
| Billable | No — header code |
| Code set | ICD-10-CM FY2027 |
| Valid for encounters | October 1, 2026 – September 30, 2027 |
How is M00.17 listed in the Alphabetic Index?
These are the routes through the Alphabetic Index that lead to M00.17. They show the wording a clinician may have documented, which often differs from the Tabular description.
- Arthritis, arthritic › pneumococcal › ankle (acute) (chronic) (nonpyogenic) (subacute)
Inclusion terms
Alternative wording in documentation that is classified to M00.17.
- Pneumococcal arthritis, tarsus, metatarsus and phalanges
Excludes2 — not included here — inherited from Chapter 13
The conditions below are not part of M00.17, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, M00.17 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)
Excludes2 — not included here — inherited from M00
The conditions below are not part of M00.17, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, M00.17 and the excluded code may both be reported.
- infection and inflammatory reaction due to internal joint prosthesis (T84.5-)
What codes fall under M00.17? (3)
How long has M00.17 existed?
M00.17 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.
Which conditions are coded to M00.17?
What other codes are in the M00.1 family? (9)
- M00.10Pneumococcal arthritis, unspecified joint
- M00.11Pneumococcal arthritis, shouldernot billable
- M00.12Pneumococcal arthritis, elbownot billable
- M00.13Pneumococcal arthritis, wristnot billable
- M00.14Pneumococcal arthritis, handnot billable
- M00.15Pneumococcal arthritis, hipnot billable
- M00.16Pneumococcal arthritis, kneenot billable
- M00.18Pneumococcal arthritis, vertebrae
- M00.19Pneumococcal polyarthritis