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M36.3

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Arthropathy in other blood disorders

This code does not map to an HCC category in any model (V28, V24, ESRD, RxHCC).

What This Code Means

Joint pain and inflammation that develops as a complication of other blood disorders such as sickle cell disease or thalassemia.

Coding Tips

  • •Code the underlying blood disorder first, then this arthropathy code
  • •Specify which blood disorder is causing the joint involvement

Code First

  • underlying disease, such as:
  • disease of blood and blood-forming organs, unspecified (D75.9)
  • other hemoglobinopathies (D58.2)
  • thalassemia (D56.-)

Code Hierarchy

└M36Systemic disorders of connective tissue in diseases classified elsewhere└M36.3Arthropathy in other blood disorders
└M36.3Arthropathy in other blood disorders

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