M00.04 is the authoritative medical code for Staphylococcal arthritis, hand. This classification is used in medical billing and clinical recording to specify the clinical criteria for staphylococcal arthritis, hand (ICD-10-CM M00.04), ensuring healthcare documentation aligns with 2026 federal coding standards.
Billing Status: NO. This is a clinician non-billable / parent hierarchy grouping in the ICD-10-CM system.
Sequencing, inclusion, and exclusion notes published for M00.04 in the official ICD-10-CM tabular list.
Alternative terms the tabular list files under this code.
Conditions not covered by this code, but which may be reported alongside it when both are present.
Supplementary codes the tabular list directs you to add.
No. M00.04 (Staphylococcal arthritis, hand) is a non-billable ICD-10-CM category code. A more specific billable subcode must be selected based on clinical documentation.
Per official ICD-10-CM Excludes2 instructions, M00.04 and the following are not considered part of each other and may both be reported when both conditions are present: infection and inflammatory reaction due to internal joint prosthesis (T84.5-).
Use additional code(s) to specify: code (B95.61-B95.8) to identify bacterial agent.
Staphylococcal arthritis, hand includes: Staphylococcal arthritis of metacarpus and phalanges.
Official ICD-10-CM classifications closest to M00.04 in its code family, with their registry titles.