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M08

Non-Billable (Header)

Juvenile arthritis

Excludes 1 — Do NOT code together

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

Code Also

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

Child Codes

M08.0Unspecified juvenile rheumatoid arthritis
M08.1Juvenile ankylosing spondylitis
HCC 93
M08.2Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis with systemic onset
M08.3Juvenile rheumatoid polyarthritis (seronegative)
HCC 93
M08.4Pauciarticular juvenile rheumatoid arthritis
M08.8Other juvenile arthritis
M08.9Juvenile arthritis, unspecified

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