ICD-10: M01

Direct infections of joint in infectious and parasitic diseases classified elsewhere

Coding Guidelines

Code First

  • mycoses (B35-B49)
  • underlying disease, such as:
  • O'nyong-nyong fever (A92.1)
  • paratyphoid fever (A01.1-A01.4)
  • leprosy [Hansen's disease] (A30.-)

Excludes 1

  • mumps arthritis (B26.85)
  • reactive arthritis (M02.3)
  • arthropathy in Lyme disease (A69.23)
  • postmeningococcal arthritis (A39.84)
  • sarcoidosis arthritis (D86.86)
  • meningococcal arthritis (A39.83)
  • postinfective arthropathy (M02.-)
  • tuberculosis arthritis (A18.01-A18.02)
  • rubella arthritis (B06.82)
  • typhoid fever arthritis (A01.04)
  • gonococcal arthritis (A54.42)

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