ICD-10 Code for Arthropathy

The default ICD-10-CM 2027 code for arthropathy is M12.9 – Arthropathy, unspecified. More specific codes depend on the details documented, as listed in the official index (139 codes, 69 billable).

Main code: M12.9 – Arthropathy, unspecified
Billable: Yes
See also: Arthritis

Index entries for Arthropathy

Charcot's – see Arthropathy, neuropathic
- diabetic – see Diabetes, arthropathy, neuropathic
- syringomyelic – G95.0
cricoarytenoid – J38.7
crystal (-induced) – see Arthritis, in, crystals
diabetic NEC – see Diabetes, arthropathy
distal interphalangeal, psoriatic – L40.51
enteropathic – M07.60
- ankle – M07.67- (header)
- elbow – M07.62- (header)
- foot joint – M07.67- (header)
- hand joint – M07.64- (header)
- hip – M07.65- (header)
- knee – M07.66- (header)
- multiple site – M07.69
- shoulder – M07.61- (header)
- vertebra – M07.68
- wrist – M07.63- (header)
facet joint – M47.819 – see also Spondylosis
following intestinal bypass – M02.00
- ankle – M02.07- (header)
- elbow – M02.02- (header)
- foot joint – M02.07- (header)
- hand joint – M02.04- (header)
- hip – M02.05- (header)
- knee – M02.06- (header)
- multiple site – M02.09
- shoulder – M02.01- (header)
- vertebra – M02.08
- wrist – M02.03- (header)
gouty – see also Gout
- in (due to)
  - Lesch-Nyhan syndrome – E79.1 – M14.8- (header) [manifestation]
  - sickle-cell disorders – D57- (header) – M14.8- (header) [manifestation]
hemophilic NEC – D66 – M36.2 [manifestation]
- in (due to)
  - hyperparathyroidism NEC – E21.3 – M14.8- (header) [manifestation]
  - metabolic disease NOS – E88.9 – M14.8- (header) [manifestation]
in (due to)
- acromegaly – E22.0 – M14.8- (header) [manifestation]
- amyloidosis – E85.4 – M14.8- (header) [manifestation]
- blood disorder NOS – D75.9 – M36.3 [manifestation]
- diabetes – see Diabetes, arthropathy
- endocrine disease NOS – E34.9 – M14.8- (header) [manifestation]
- erythema
  - multiforme – L51.9 – M14.8- (header) [manifestation]
  - nodosum – L52 – M14.8- (header) [manifestation]
- hemochromatosis – E83.118 – M14.8- (header) [manifestation]
- hemoglobinopathy NEC – D58.2 – M36.3 [manifestation]
- hemophilia NEC – D66 – M36.2 [manifestation]
- Henoch-Schönlein purpura – D69.0 – M36.4 [manifestation]
- hyperthyroidism – E05.90 – M14.8- (header) [manifestation]
- hypothyroidism – E03.9 – M14.8- (header) [manifestation]
- infective endocarditis – I33.0 – M12.80 [manifestation]
- leukemia NEC – C95.9- (header) – M36.1 [manifestation]
- malignant histiocytosis – C96.A – M36.1 [manifestation]
- metabolic disease NOS – E88.9 – M14.8- (header) [manifestation]
- multiple myeloma – C90.0- (header) – M36.1 [manifestation]
- neoplastic disease NOS (see also Neoplasm) – D49.9 – M36.1 [manifestation]
- nutritional deficiency – E63.9 – see also subcategory M14.8-
- psoriasis NOS – L40.50
- sarcoidosis – D86.86
- syphilis (late) – A52.77
  - congenital – A50.55 – M12.80 [manifestation]
- thyrotoxicosis – E05.90 – see also subcategory M14.8-
- ulcerative colitis NEC – K51.90 – M07.6- (header) [manifestation]
- viral hepatitis (postinfectious) – B19.9 – M12.80 [manifestation]
- Whipple's disease – K90.81 – see also subcategory M14.8-
Jaccoud – see Arthropathy, postrheumatic, chronic
juvenile – see Arthritis, juvenile
- psoriatic – L40.54
mutilans (psoriatic) – L40.52
neuropathic (Charcot) – M14.60
- ankle – M14.67- (header)
- diabetic – see Diabetes, arthropathy, neuropathic
- elbow – M14.62- (header)
- foot joint – M14.67- (header)
- hand joint – M14.64- (header)
- hip – M14.65- (header)
- knee – M14.66- (header)
- multiple site – M14.69
- nonsyphilitic NEC – G98.0
- shoulder – M14.61- (header)
- syringomyelic – G95.0
- vertebra – M14.68
- wrist – M14.63- (header)
osteopulmonary – see Osteoarthropathy, hypertrophic, specified NEC
postdysenteric – M02.10
- ankle – M02.17- (header)
- elbow – M02.12- (header)
- foot joint – M02.17- (header)
- hand joint – M02.14- (header)
- hip – M02.15- (header)
- knee – M02.16- (header)
- multiple site – M02.19
- shoulder – M02.11- (header)
- vertebra – M02.18
- wrist – M02.13- (header)
postimmunization – M02.20
- ankle – M02.27- (header)
- elbow – M02.22- (header)
- foot joint – M02.27- (header)
- hand joint – M02.24- (header)
- hip – M02.25- (header)
- knee – M02.26- (header)
- multiple site – M02.29
- shoulder – M02.21- (header)
- vertebra – M02.28
- wrist – M02.23- (header)
postinfectious NEC – B99 (header) – M12.80 [manifestation]
- in (due to)
  - enteritis due to Yersinia enterocolitica – A04.6 – M12.80 [manifestation]
  - syphilis – A52.77
  - viral hepatitis NEC – B19.9 – M12.80 [manifestation]
postrheumatic, chronic (Jaccoud) – M12.00
- ankle – M12.07- (header)
- elbow – M12.02- (header)
- foot joint – M12.07- (header)
- hand joint – M12.04- (header)
- hip – M12.05- (header)
- knee – M12.06- (header)
- multiple site – M12.09
- shoulder – M12.01- (header)
- specified joint NEC – M12.08
- vertebrae – M12.08
- wrist – M12.03- (header)
psoriatic NEC – L40.59
- interphalangeal, distal – L40.51
reactive – M02.9
- in (due to)
  - infective endocarditis – I33.0 – M02.9 [manifestation]
- specified type NEC – M02.80
  - ankle – M02.87- (header)
  - elbow – M02.82- (header)
  - foot joint – M02.87- (header)
  - hand joint – M02.84- (header)
  - hip – M02.85- (header)
  - knee – M02.86- (header)
  - multiple site – M02.89
  - shoulder – M02.81- (header)
  - vertebra – M02.88
  - wrist – M02.83- (header)
specified form NEC – M12.80
- ankle – M12.87- (header)
- elbow – M12.82- (header)
- foot joint – M12.87- (header)
- hand joint – M12.84- (header)
- hip – M12.85- (header)
- knee – M12.86- (header)
- multiple site – M12.89
- shoulder – M12.81- (header)
- specified joint NEC – M12.88
- vertebrae – M12.88
- wrist – M12.83- (header)
syringomyelic – G95.0
tabes dorsalis – A52.16
tabetic – A52.16
temporomandibular joint – M26.65- (header)
transient – see Arthropathy, specified form NEC
traumatic – M12.50
- ankle – M12.57- (header)
- elbow – M12.52- (header)
- foot joint – M12.57- (header)
- hand joint – M12.54- (header)
- hip – M12.55- (header)
- knee – M12.56- (header)
- multiple site – M12.59
- shoulder – M12.51- (header)
- specified joint NEC – M12.58
- vertebrae – M12.58
- wrist – M12.53- (header)

How to choose the right code

Start with the main term, then pick the indented subterm that matches the documentation (type, cause, site, laterality, episode of care). Always confirm the code in the tabular list: follow its Excludes1/Excludes2, “code first” and “use additional code” notes, and add a 7th character where required.

Source: CDC/NCHS ICD-10-CM FY2027 alphabetic index.