M08
⚠ Non-billable (Header)Juvenile arthritis
Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00-M99)
⚠️ This is a category header code — not billable. Use a more specific child code below.
❌ Excludes1
directCannot be coded with M08
- • arthropathy in Whipple's disease (M14.8)
- • Felty's syndrome (M05.0)
- • juvenile dermatomyositis (M33.0-)
- • psoriatic juvenile arthropathy (L40.54)
Child Codes (7)
M08.0Unspecified juvenile rheumatoid arthritisM08.1Juvenile ankylosing spondylitisM08.2Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis with systemic onsetM08.3Juvenile rheumatoid polyarthritis (seronegative)M08.4Pauciarticular juvenile rheumatoid arthritisM08.8Other juvenile arthritisM08.9Juvenile arthritis, unspecified
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CodeM08
BillableNo — Header code
CategoryDiseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00-M99)
Excludes14 rule(s)
Excludes20 note(s)
Child codes7
Data Source
CMS ICD-10-CM 2026 Tabular List
Updated October 1, 2025 (FY2026)