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M08 - Juvenile arthritis


The ICD 10 Code for Juvenile arthritis is listed as M08.
Additional information concerning this code and description can be found below including ICD 9 crosswalks / GEMS, chapter information, and DRGs where available.

ICD 10 CM Field Value
Diagnosis Code: M08
Description: Juvenile arthritis
  • Excludes1: arthropathy in Whipple's disease (M14.8)
  • Felty's syndrome (M05.0)
  • juvenile dermatomyositis (M33.0-)
  • psoriatic juvenile arthropathy (L40.54)
  • Code also any associated underlying condition, such as:
  • regional enteritis [Crohn's disease] (K50.-)
  • ulcerative colitis (K51.-)
Chapter Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00-M99)
ICD-10-CM Children (deeper level / typically more specific) of M08:
M08.0 - Unspecified juvenile rheumatoid arthritis
M08.1 - Juvenile ankylosing spondylitis
M08.2 - Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis with systemic onset
M08.3 - Juvenile rheumatoid polyarthritis (seronegative)
M08.4 - Pauciarticular juvenile rheumatoid arthritis
M08.8 - Other juvenile arthritis
M08.9 - Juvenile arthritis, unspecified