M02 Postinfective and reactive arthropathies

⚠ Non-Billable ICD-10-CM 2026
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The ICD-10-CM code for Postinfective and reactive arthropathies is M02 (FY2026). It is a non-billable category code — select a more specific code below for claims.

Classification

Section
M00-M02: Infectious arthropathies (M00-M02)
Category M02
162 codes (121 billable)
FY2026 Status
Stable since FY2024
Excludes1
Not coded here. These conditions should NOT be coded together with M02.
  • Behçet's disease (M35.2)
  • direct infections of joint in infectious and parasitic diseases classified elsewhere (M01.-)
  • postmeningococcal arthritis (A39.84)
  • mumps arthritis (B26.85)
  • rubella arthritis (B06.82)
  • syphilis arthritis (late) (A52.77)
  • rheumatic fever (I00)
  • tabetic arthropathy [Charcôt's] (A52.16)
Code First
  • underlying disease, such as:
  • congenital syphilis [Clutton's joints] (A50.5)
  • enteritis due to Yersinia enterocolitica (A04.6)
  • infective endocarditis (I33.0)
  • viral hepatitis (B15-B19)

Official Coding Guidelines

Osteoporosis without pathological fracture (M81)

Category M81, Osteoporosis without current pathological fracture, is for use for patients with osteoporosis who do not currently have a pathologic fracture due to the osteoporosis, even if they have had a fracture in the past. For patients with a history of osteoporosis fractures, status code Z87.310, Personal history of (healed) osteoporosis fracture, should follow the code from M81.

— ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting, FY2026, Section I.C.13.d.1
Osteoporosis with current pathological fracture (M80)

Category M80, Osteoporosis with current pathological fracture, is for patients who have a current pathologic fracture at the time of an encounter. The codes under M80 identify the site of the fracture. A code from category M80, not a traumatic fracture code, should be used for any patient with known osteoporosis who suffers a fracture, even if the patient had a minor fall or trauma, if that fall or trauma would not usually break a normal, healthy bone.

— ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting, FY2026, Section I.C.13.d.2

Source: CMS — ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting, FY2026

References

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More Specific Codes

M02.0 Arthropathy following intestinal bypass M02.00 Arthropathy following intestinal bypass, unspecified site M02.01 Arthropathy following intestinal bypass, shoulder M02.011 Arthropathy following intestinal bypass, right shoulder M02.012 Arthropathy following intestinal bypass, left shoulder M02.019 Arthropathy following intestinal bypass, unspecified shoulder M02.02 Arthropathy following intestinal bypass, elbow M02.021 Arthropathy following intestinal bypass, right elbow M02.022 Arthropathy following intestinal bypass, left elbow M02.029 Arthropathy following intestinal bypass, unspecified elbow M02.03 Arthropathy following intestinal bypass, wrist M02.031 Arthropathy following intestinal bypass, right wrist M02.032 Arthropathy following intestinal bypass, left wrist M02.039 Arthropathy following intestinal bypass, unspecified wrist M02.04 Arthropathy following intestinal bypass, hand M02.041 Arthropathy following intestinal bypass, right hand M02.042 Arthropathy following intestinal bypass, left hand M02.049 Arthropathy following intestinal bypass, unspecified hand M02.05 Arthropathy following intestinal bypass, hip M02.051 Arthropathy following intestinal bypass, right hip M02.052 Arthropathy following intestinal bypass, left hip M02.059 Arthropathy following intestinal bypass, unspecified hip M02.06 Arthropathy following intestinal bypass, knee M02.061 Arthropathy following intestinal bypass, right knee M02.062 Arthropathy following intestinal bypass, left knee M02.069 Arthropathy following intestinal bypass, unspecified knee M02.07 Arthropathy following intestinal bypass, ankle and foot M02.071 Arthropathy following intestinal bypass, right ankle and foot M02.072 Arthropathy following intestinal bypass, left ankle and foot M02.079 Arthropathy following intestinal bypass, unspecified ankle and foot

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Reviewed by Prajwal Shrestha, CPC, CRC
Certified Professional Coder (CPC) and Certified Risk Adjustment Coder (CRC) · AAPC Member ID 01997614 · About · Editorial policy · Content last reviewed: 2025-10-01

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