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ICD-10-CM Codes
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M00-M99
Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue
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M15-M19
Osteoarthritis
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M15-
Polyosteoarthritis
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2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code M15.9
2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code M15.9
Polyosteoarthritis, unspecified
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Billable/Specific Code
- M15.9 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
- The 2021 edition of ICD-10-CM M15.9 became effective on October 1, 2020.
- This is the American ICD-10-CM version of M15.9 - other international versions of ICD-10 M15.9 may differ.
Applicable To- Generalized osteoarthritis NOS
The following code(s) above
M15.9 contain annotation back-references
Annotation Back-References
In this context, annotation back-references refer to codes that contain:
- Applicable To annotations, or
- Code Also annotations, or
- Code First annotations, or
- Excludes1 annotations, or
- Excludes2 annotations, or
- Includes annotations, or
- Note annotations, or
- Use Additional annotations
that may be applicable to
M15.9:
- M00-M99
2021 ICD-10-CM Range M00-M99
Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissueNote- Use an external cause code following the code for the musculoskeletal condition, if applicable, to identify the cause of the musculoskeletal condition
Type 2 Excludes- 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)
- M15-M19
2021 ICD-10-CM Range M15-M19
OsteoarthritisType 2 Excludes- osteoarthritis of spine (M47.-)
- M15
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code M15
Polyosteoarthritis
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
Includes- arthritis of multiple sites
Type 1 Excludes- bilateral involvement of single joint (M16-M19)
- Degenerative joint disease involving multiple joints
- Generalized osteoarthritis of the hand
- Osteoarthritis, generalized
- Osteoarthrosis generalized hand
ICD-10-CM M15.9 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v38.0):
- 553 Bone diseases and arthropathies with mcc
- 554 Bone diseases and arthropathies without mcc
Convert M15.9 to ICD-9-CM
Code History
- 2016 (effective 10/1/2015): New code (first year of non-draft ICD-10-CM)
- 2017 (effective 10/1/2016): No change
- 2018 (effective 10/1/2017): No change
- 2019 (effective 10/1/2018): No change
- 2020 (effective 10/1/2019): No change
- 2021 (effective 10/1/2020): No change
ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To M15.9
M14.879 Arthropathies in other specified diseases classified elsewhere, unspecified ankle and foot
M15.0 Primary generalized (osteo)arthritis
M15.1 Heberden's nodes (with arthropathy)
M15.2 Bouchard's nodes (with arthropathy)
M15.3 Secondary multiple arthritis
M15.4 Erosive (osteo)arthritis
M15.8 Other polyosteoarthritis
M15.9
Polyosteoarthritis, unspecified
M16 Osteoarthritis of hip
M16.0 Bilateral primary osteoarthritis of hip
M16.1 Unilateral primary osteoarthritis of hip
M16.10 Unilateral primary osteoarthritis, unspecified hip
M16.11 Unilateral primary osteoarthritis, right hip
M16.12 Unilateral primary osteoarthritis, left hip
M16.2 Bilateral osteoarthritis resulting from hip dysplasia
M16.3 Unilateral osteoarthritis resulting from hip dysplasia
Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.
