Other specified rheumatoid arthritis, right wrist

📋Clinical Description

This code signifies a form of rheumatoid arthritis that doesn't fit into more specific categories, specifically affecting the patient's right wrist. It indicates an inflammatory autoimmune condition causing chronic pain, swelling, and potential joint damage in this particular joint.

🎯When to Use

Apply this code when documentation clearly states "other specified rheumatoid arthritis" impacting the right wrist, and no more specific ICD-10-CM code for rheumatoid arthritis of the right wrist is available. Supporting documentation should include physician notes detailing the diagnosis and the specific joint involvement.

💡Coding Tips

Ensure the documentation specifies "other specified" rheumatoid arthritis and not an unspecified or seropositive/seronegative type.
Verify laterality; this code is exclusively for the right wrist.
Consider sequencing with codes for associated systemic manifestations or complications of rheumatoid arthritis.

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Code Hierarchy

▲M06.83Other specified rheumatoid arthritis, wrist

M06.831(current)

Crosswalks

714.0ApproxICD-9

Same Category

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