M00-M02: Infectious arthropathies
ICD-10-CM 2027 block M00-M02 in chapter 13 (Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue) has 3 categories.
- M00 – Pyogenic arthritis 97 billable codes
- M01 – Direct infections of joint in infectious and parasitic diseases classified elsewhere 24 billable codes
- M02 – Postinfective and reactive arthropathies 121 billable codes
Block notes
Notes:
- This block comprises arthropathies due to microbiological agents. Distinction is made between the following types of etiological relationship:
- a) direct infection of joint, where organisms invade synovial tissue and microbial antigen is present in the joint;
- b) indirect infection, which may be of two types: a reactive arthropathy, where microbial infection of the body is established but neither organisms nor antigens can be identified in the joint, and a postinfective arthropathy, where microbial antigen is present but recovery of an organism is inconstant and evidence of local multiplication is lacking.