M12.0
Header — not billableChronic postrheumatic arthropathy [Jaccoud]
The ICD-10 code for chronic postrheumatic arthropathy [jaccoud] is M12.0.
M12.0 is a non-billable header code. It groups related conditions but cannot be used on its own for reimbursement — select one of the 10 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 M12.0
- M12.00Chronic postrheumatic arthropathy [Jaccoud], unspecified site
- M12.01Chronic postrheumatic arthropathy [Jaccoud], shouldernon-billable header
- M12.02Chronic postrheumatic arthropathy [Jaccoud], elbownon-billable header
- M12.03Chronic postrheumatic arthropathy [Jaccoud], wristnon-billable header
- M12.04Chronic postrheumatic arthropathy [Jaccoud], handnon-billable header
- M12.05Chronic postrheumatic arthropathy [Jaccoud], hipnon-billable header
- M12.06Chronic postrheumatic arthropathy [Jaccoud], kneenon-billable header
- M12.07Chronic postrheumatic arthropathy [Jaccoud], ankle and footnon-billable header
- M12.08Chronic postrheumatic arthropathy [Jaccoud], other specified site
- M12.09Chronic postrheumatic arthropathy [Jaccoud], multiple sites
Related codes in this category
- M12.1Kaschin-Beck diseasenon-billable header
- M12.2Villonodular synovitis (pigmented)non-billable header
- M12.3Palindromic rheumatismnon-billable header
- M12.4Intermittent hydrarthrosisnon-billable header
- M12.5Traumatic arthropathynon-billable header
- M12.8Other specific arthropathies, not elsewhere classifiednon-billable header
- M12.9Arthropathy, unspecified
- M12.0Chronic postrheumatic arthropathy [Jaccoud]non-billable header