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ICD-10-CM Code for Other and unspecified osteoarthritis M19

ICD-10 code M19 for Other and unspecified osteoarthritis is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Arthropathies .

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Official Long Descriptor

Other and unspecified osteoarthritis
Excludes1: polyarthritis (M15.-)
Excludes2: arthrosis of spine (M47.-)
hallux rigidus (M20.2)
osteoarthritis of spine (M47.-)
 
M19 Other and unspecified osteoarthritis
Child Code
Primary osteoarthritis of other joints
Child Code
Post-traumatic osteoarthritis of other joints
Child Code
Secondary osteoarthritis of other joints
Child Code
Osteoarthritis, unspecified site

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Ankle Microfracture
[QUOTE="TnRushFan, post: 499218, member: 69399"] Hey folks...any thoughts?? POSTOPERATIVE DIAGNOSES: 1. Left ankle derangement. 2. Left ankle arthritis. PROCEDURE PERFORMED: Left ankle arthroscopy w... [ Read More ]
Ankle Microfracture
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Osteoarthritis ICD10 diagnosis coding
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RA Coding - Unspecified Joint Pain
The doctor uses pain in unspecified joint. Shouldn't the dx be specific to the joints she mentions in HPI? ([URL='https://www.aapc.com/codes/icd-10-codes/M25.562']M25.562[/URL], [URL='https://www.aap... [ Read More ]
Including pain code in dx
If the dx's on an Office Visit dictation includes a pain code along with the other dx's do you code the pain code too? For example: Diagnosis Pain, right shoulder. Right shoulder impingement Arthriti... [ Read More ]
Diagnosis Coding help
[QUOTE="rmwinder, post: 459907, member: 7761"] Hi, about a year late...:) M46 is a category for "Other [U]Inflammatory[/U] Spondylopathies", and it looks like that is what one is supposed to select w... [ Read More ]
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