M13.8 — Other specified arthritis

Not billable

Is M13.8 billable?

No — M13.8 is a non-billable header code. M13.8 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 24 billable codes beneath M13.8.

Billable codes under this header

M13.8 at a glance

Code	M13.8
Description	Other specified arthritis
Billable	No — header code
Code set	ICD-10-CM FY2027
Valid for encounters	October 1, 2026 – September 30, 2027

How is M13.8 listed in the Alphabetic Index?

These are the routes through the Alphabetic Index that lead to M13.8. They show the wording a clinician may have documented, which often differs from the Tabular description.

Polyarthritis, polyarthropathy › migratory

Excludes1 — never code together

The conditions below can never be reported together with M13.8 on the same claim. An Excludes1 note means the two conditions cannot occur in the same patient, so reporting both is a coding error.

osteoarthritis (M15-M19)

Inclusion terms

Alternative wording in documentation that is classified to M13.8.

Allergic arthritis

Excludes1 — never code together — inherited from M13

The conditions below can never be reported together with M13.8 on the same claim. An Excludes1 note means the two conditions cannot occur in the same patient, so reporting both is a coding error.

arthrosis (M15-M19)
osteoarthritis (M15-M19)

Excludes2 — not included here — inherited from Chapter 13

The conditions below are not part of M13.8, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, M13.8 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 M13.8? (10)

How long has M13.8 existed?

M13.8 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 codes are confused with M13.8?

ICD-10-CM declares these codes mutually exclusive with M13.8 — exactly one of each pair can be correct for a given encounter.

vs M19Other and unspecified osteoarthritis

Which conditions are coded to M13.8?

ICD-10 code for Polyarthritis