M06.0
Header — not billableRheumatoid arthritis without rheumatoid factor
The ICD-10 code for rheumatoid arthritis without rheumatoid factor is M06.0.
M06.0 is a non-billable header code. It groups related conditions but cannot be used on its own for reimbursement — select one of the 11 more specific codes below.
Documentation support
General coding-documentation guidance — not a substitute for payer-specific requirements or professional coding judgment.
- •This is a non-billable header code. Documentation must support a more specific child code before this diagnosis can be reported on a claim.
- •As a general rule, code to the highest level of specificity supported by the documentation in the medical record.
Child codes under M06.0
- M06.00Rheumatoid arthritis without rheumatoid factor, unspecified site
- M06.01Rheumatoid arthritis without rheumatoid factor, shouldernon-billable header
- M06.02Rheumatoid arthritis without rheumatoid factor, elbownon-billable header
- M06.03Rheumatoid arthritis without rheumatoid factor, wristnon-billable header
- M06.04Rheumatoid arthritis without rheumatoid factor, handnon-billable header
- M06.05Rheumatoid arthritis without rheumatoid factor, hipnon-billable header
- M06.06Rheumatoid arthritis without rheumatoid factor, kneenon-billable header
- M06.07Rheumatoid arthritis without rheumatoid factor, ankle and footnon-billable header
- M06.08Rheumatoid arthritis without rheumatoid factor, vertebrae
- M06.09Rheumatoid arthritis without rheumatoid factor, multiple sites
- M06.0ARheumatoid arthritis without rheumatoid factor, other specified site
Related codes in this category
- M06.1Adult-onset Still's disease
- M06.2Rheumatoid bursitisnon-billable header
- M06.3Rheumatoid nodulenon-billable header
- M06.4Inflammatory polyarthropathy
- M06.8Other specified rheumatoid arthritisnon-billable header
- M06.9Rheumatoid arthritis, unspecified
- M06.0Rheumatoid arthritis without rheumatoid factornon-billable header