M08.4
Header — not billablePauciarticular juvenile rheumatoid arthritis
The ICD-10 code for pauciarticular juvenile rheumatoid arthritis is M08.4.
M08.4 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 M08.4
- M08.40Pauciarticular juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, unspecified site
- M08.41Pauciarticular juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, shouldernon-billable header
- M08.42Pauciarticular juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, elbownon-billable header
- M08.43Pauciarticular juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, wristnon-billable header
- M08.44Pauciarticular juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, handnon-billable header
- M08.45Pauciarticular juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, hipnon-billable header
- M08.46Pauciarticular juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, kneenon-billable header
- M08.47Pauciarticular juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, ankle and footnon-billable header
- M08.48Pauciarticular juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, vertebrae
- M08.4APauciarticular juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, other specified site
Related codes in this category
- M08.0Unspecified juvenile rheumatoid arthritisnon-billable header
- M08.1Juvenile ankylosing spondylitis
- M08.2Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis with systemic onsetnon-billable header
- M08.3Juvenile rheumatoid polyarthritis (seronegative)
- M08.8Other juvenile arthritisnon-billable header
- M08.9Juvenile arthritis, unspecifiednon-billable header
- M08.4Pauciarticular juvenile rheumatoid arthritisnon-billable header