M12.3
Header — not billablePalindromic rheumatism
The ICD-10 code for palindromic rheumatism is M12.3.
M12.3 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 M12.3
- M12.30Palindromic rheumatism, unspecified site
- M12.31Palindromic rheumatism, shouldernon-billable header
- M12.32Palindromic rheumatism, elbownon-billable header
- M12.33Palindromic rheumatism, wristnon-billable header
- M12.34Palindromic rheumatism, handnon-billable header
- M12.35Palindromic rheumatism, hipnon-billable header
- M12.36Palindromic rheumatism, kneenon-billable header
- M12.37Palindromic rheumatism, ankle and footnon-billable header
- M12.38Palindromic rheumatism, other specified site
- M12.39Palindromic rheumatism, multiple sites
Related codes in this category
- M12.0Chronic postrheumatic arthropathy [Jaccoud]non-billable header
- M12.1Kaschin-Beck diseasenon-billable header
- M12.2Villonodular synovitis (pigmented)non-billable header
- M12.4Intermittent hydrarthrosisnon-billable header
- M12.5Traumatic arthropathynon-billable header
- M12.8Other specific arthropathies, not elsewhere classifiednon-billable header
- M12.9Arthropathy, unspecified
- M12.3Palindromic rheumatismnon-billable header