M25.0
Header — not billableHemarthrosis
The ICD-10 code for hemarthrosis is M25.0.
M25.0 is a non-billable header code. It groups related conditions but cannot be used on its own for reimbursement — select one of the 9 more specific codes below.
Clinical notes
Excludes1 (not coded here)
An Excludes1 note is a pure exclusion: the excluded condition and this code should never be reported together, because the two conditions cannot occur at the same time (e.g. a congenital form vs. an acquired form of the same disease).
- current injury - see injury of joint by body region
- hemophilic arthropathy (M36.2)
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.
- •Confirm the excluded condition(s) listed above are not also present — Excludes1 conditions cannot be coded together with this one.
- •As a general rule, code to the highest level of specificity supported by the documentation in the medical record.
Child codes under M25.0
- M25.00Hemarthrosis, unspecified joint
- M25.01Hemarthrosis, shouldernon-billable header
- M25.02Hemarthrosis, elbownon-billable header
- M25.03Hemarthrosis, wristnon-billable header
- M25.04Hemarthrosis, handnon-billable header
- M25.05Hemarthrosis, hipnon-billable header
- M25.06Hemarthrosis, kneenon-billable header
- M25.07Hemarthrosis, ankle and footnon-billable header
- M25.08Hemarthrosis, other specified site
Related codes in this category
- M25.1Fistula of jointnon-billable header
- M25.2Flail jointnon-billable header
- M25.3Other instability of jointnon-billable header
- M25.4Effusion of jointnon-billable header
- M25.5Pain in jointnon-billable header
- M25.6Stiffness of joint, not elsewhere classifiednon-billable header
- M25.7Osteophytenon-billable header
- M25.8Other specified joint disordersnon-billable header
- M25.9Joint disorder, unspecified
- M25.0Hemarthrosisnon-billable header