M08.9 — Juvenile arthritis, unspecified

Not billable

Is M08.9 billable?

No — M08.9 is a non-billable header code. M08.9 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 25 billable codes beneath M08.9.

Billable codes under this header

M08.9 at a glance

Code	M08.9
Description	Juvenile arthritis, unspecified
Billable	No — header code
Code set	ICD-10-CM FY2027
Valid for encounters	October 1, 2026 – September 30, 2027

Excludes1 — never code together

The conditions below can never be reported together with M08.9 on the same claim. An Excludes1 note means the two conditions cannot occur in the same patient, so reporting both is a coding error.

juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, unspecified (M08.0-)

Excludes1 — never code together — inherited from M08

The conditions below can never be reported together with M08.9 on the same claim. An Excludes1 note means the two conditions cannot occur in the same patient, so reporting both is a coding error.

arthropathy in Whipple's disease (M14.8)
Felty's syndrome (M05.0)
juvenile dermatomyositis (M33.0-)
psoriatic juvenile arthropathy (L40.54)

Excludes2 — not included here — inherited from Chapter 13

The conditions below are not part of M08.9, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, M08.9 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)

Code also — inherited from M08

Two codes may be needed to describe the condition fully. Whether M08.9 is sequenced first depends on the reason for the encounter.

any associated underlying condition, such as:
regional enteritis [Crohn's disease] (K50.-)
ulcerative colitis (K51.-)

What codes fall under M08.9? (11)

How long has M08.9 existed?

M08.9 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.