M00.24 ICD-10-CM Code: Other streptococcal arthritis, hand

Coding instructions

Official Tabular Instructional Notes: the inclusion, exclusion and sequencing notes published for M00.24 in the official ICD-10-CM tabular list, quoted as published.

Source: CMS/CDC — ICD-10-CM Tabular ListRelease: FY2027Effective: October 1, 2026

Notes without a marker are published on M00.24 itself; “inherited from” names the category or block whose note applies here.

Coder workflow for M00.24

MedCoder structured workflow — derived from this code’s own official record

Before you code M00.24

1. M00.24 is not reportable as written. Select the more specific code beneath it that the documentation supports. Codes are reported to the highest level of specificity the classification provides (Guidelines I.B.2).

   ReviewM00.241, M00.242, M00.249

   See the relationships section · Guide: How to choose an ICD-10-CM code →

2. “Other” (NEC) means the condition is specified in the record but no dedicated code captures it. Confirm the documented form is not one a sibling code names before settling on M00.24; if the record states no specifics at all, the unspecified sibling applies instead. “Other” codes are for documented conditions the classification gives no specific code; “unspecified” codes are for records lacking the detail (Guidelines I.A.9.a, I.A.9.b).

   See the relationships section · Guide: Other vs unspecified (NEC vs NOS) →

Choose the right path

1. Does the documentation support one of the more specific codes beneath M00.24?
   Yes → Select that code and continue the checks below on its own page.
   No → M00.24 cannot be reported as written; query for the specificity its subcategory needs.

   ReviewM00.241, M00.242, M00.249

Consider M00.24. Then work the Use Additional Code note, and confirm the code is valid for the date of service in the Verify section.

Documentation check

The provider’s diagnostic statement

Codes are assigned from the provider’s documented diagnosis, not from clinical criteria, test values or a medication list (Guidelines I.A.19).

The conditions the Use Additional Code note names

Reported with this code when documented; a conditional instruction (“if applicable”, “if known”) applies only when the record supports it.

Any detail beyond this code’s title

What the record states that a more specific sibling code would capture — or its absence, which itself supports the unspecified code.

Official instructions as workflow

• Excludes2 — not part of M00.24(1 note)

  Coding workflow: The conditions named in this note are not included in M00.24. When the record documents both, both may be reported; the note is a boundary, not a prohibition.

  CompareT84.5

  See the official tabular notes · Guidelines I.A.12.b

• Use Additional Code — after identifying M00.24(1 note)

  Coding workflow: Check whether the documentation supports the additional code(s) the note names, and report them with M00.24 when it does. Where the instruction is conditional (“if applicable”, “if known”), it applies only when the record documents the condition.

  See the official tabular notes · Guidelines I.A.13

Coding decision scenarios

Pattern scenarios for this code’s structure — decision rules, not clinical cases

Every row is derived from this code’s own record — its title, tabular notes, 7th-character family and same-category siblings — with fixed MedCoder wording; nothing is inferred about a patient. The official notes and guideline text are in the sections each row links to, and they control.

Don’t confuse M00.24 with…

MedCoder analysis — pairs from this code’s official notes, distinctions written by MedCoder

The codes most likely to be picked instead of M00.24 — named in its own official notes, or sharing its laterality or encounter family — with what separates them and which documentation moves the case. Each links to the full comparison.

• M00.20— Specificity relationship (Review)

  Overlapping diagnoses in the same category.

  Overlapping codes in the same category — the documentation decides which is the more specific fit.

  What moves you there: A record that documents no more than “Other streptococcal arthritis, unspecified joint” takes M00.20; specificity in the record moves it back here.

  Full comparison: M00.24 vs M00.20 →

• T84.5— Excludes2 relationship (Informational)

  Distinct conditions — both may be reported.

  A distinct condition — both may be reported when both are documented.

  What moves you there: Documentation of infection and inflammatory reaction due to internal joint prosthesis adds T84.5; it is not part of this code and both may be reported when both are documented.

  Full comparison: M00.24 vs T84.5 →

Relationships are read from this code's own official notes, its laterality siblings and its encounter family; the wording of each distinction is MedCoder editorial, and the documentation named in each “what moves you there” line is the official note phrase or sibling title itself. Source: CMS ICD-10-CM tabular instructional notes; ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines, Section I.A.12.a.

Verify Before Coding

• Not billable as written — a more specific code is required: M00.241, M00.242, M00.249.

From the code registry, the Medicare Code Editor, and the MS-DRG Definitions Manual. Check it against a full claim in Claim Check.

Related Codes

Same Index main term, other category

The ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries files this code under the main term “Arthritis, arthritic”; these codes share that main term but sit in a different category of the Tabular List.

E85.4 — Organ-limited amyloidosis (in, amyloidosis), E88.9 — Metabolic disorder, unspecified (in, metabolic disorder NEC), G95.0 — Syringomyelia and syringobulbia (in, syringomyelia), G98.0 — Neurogenic arthritis, not elsewhere classified (in, neurological disorder NEC), J98.9 — Respiratory disorder, unspecified (in, respiratory disorder NEC), L40.50 — Arthropathic psoriasis, unspecified (psoriatic), L40.52 — Psoriatic arthritis mutilans (mutilans), L40.54 — Psoriatic juvenile arthropathy (juvenile, psoriatic), L51.9 — Erythema multiforme, unspecified (in, erythema, multiforme), L52 — Erythema nodosum (in, erythema, nodosum), M04.1 — Periodic fever syndromes (in, Mediterranean fever, familial), M05.70 — Rheumatoid arthritis with rheumatoid factor of unspecified site without organ or systems involvement (rheumatoid, seropositive, without organ involvement), M05.71 — Rheumatoid arthritis with rheumatoid factor of shoulder without organ or systems involvement (rheumatoid, seropositive, without organ involvement, shoulder), M05.72 — Rheumatoid arthritis with rheumatoid factor of elbow without organ or systems involvement (rheumatoid, seropositive, without organ involvement, elbow), M05.73 — Rheumatoid arthritis with rheumatoid factor of wrist without organ or systems involvement (rheumatoid, seropositive, without organ involvement, wrist), M05.74 — Rheumatoid arthritis with rheumatoid factor of hand without organ or systems involvement (rheumatoid, seropositive, without organ involvement, hand joint), M05.75 — Rheumatoid arthritis with rheumatoid factor of hip without organ or systems involvement (rheumatoid, seropositive, without organ involvement, hip), M05.76 — Rheumatoid arthritis with rheumatoid factor of knee without organ or systems involvement (rheumatoid, seropositive, without organ involvement, knee), M05.77 — Rheumatoid arthritis with rheumatoid factor of ankle and foot without organ or systems involvement (rheumatoid, seropositive, without organ involvement, ankle), M05.79 — Rheumatoid arthritis with rheumatoid factor of multiple sites without organ or systems involvement (rheumatoid, seropositive, without organ involvement, multiple sites), +153 more

Contextual Map

Every relationship of M00.24 in one view: hierarchy, official tabular instructions in both directions, clinical classification, risk adjustment, MS-DRG participation, index terms and change history — each edge carrying the CMS source it derives from.

Hierarchy

• M00-M99 — Chapter 13: Diseases of the Musculoskeletal System and Connective Tissue (M00-M99) (M00-M99)[Hierarchy]— CMS ICD-10-CM tabular structure · icd10cm-fy2026
• M00-M25 — Arthropathies[Hierarchy]— CMS ICD-10-CM tabular structure · icd10cm-fy2026
• M00-M02 — Infectious arthropathies[Hierarchy]— CMS ICD-10-CM tabular structure · icd10cm-fy2026

Nearest codes (40)

• M00 — Pyogenic arthritis[Sibling]— CMS ICD-10-CM tabular structure · icd10cm-fy2026
• M00.17 — Pneumococcal arthritis, ankle and foot[Sibling]— CMS ICD-10-CM tabular structure · icd10cm-fy2026
• M00.171 — Pneumococcal arthritis, right ankle and foot[Sibling]— CMS ICD-10-CM tabular structure · icd10cm-fy2026
• M00.172 — Pneumococcal arthritis, left ankle and foot[Sibling]— CMS ICD-10-CM tabular structure · icd10cm-fy2026
• M00.179 — Pneumococcal arthritis, unspecified ankle and foot[Sibling]— CMS ICD-10-CM tabular structure · icd10cm-fy2026
• M00.18 — Pneumococcal arthritis, vertebrae[Sibling]— CMS ICD-10-CM tabular structure · icd10cm-fy2026
• M00.19 — Pneumococcal polyarthritis[Sibling]— CMS ICD-10-CM tabular structure · icd10cm-fy2026
• M00.2 — Other streptococcal arthritis and polyarthritis[Sibling]— CMS ICD-10-CM tabular structure · icd10cm-fy2026
• and 32 more

Change history

• FY2016 — In the code set at ICD-10-CM adoption [Change history]— CMS release files (code change ledger) · icd10cm-fy2016

Common coding questions

Sources for this page

Codes, titles, notes, index terms and mappings on this page are transcribed from the datasets below. Relationships MedCoder computed and text MedCoder wrote are labelled where they appear.

Code, title, tabular notes and index terms Official source data

CMS/CDC ICD-10-CM FY2027 tabular list, index and tables, effective October 1, 2026 Release, file and checksum · Publisher’s page

Claim edits Official source data

CMS Definitions of Medicare Code Edits — v44.0 (October 2026) Release, file and checksum · Publisher’s page

Change history and date-of-service validity Official source data

CMS ICD-10-CM release addenda, ingested release by release into the change ledger Release, file and checksum · Publisher’s page

Comparisons, relationships and the contextual map MedCoder structured relationship

Computed by MedCoder from the tabular notes and tables above; every derived relationship is marked as derived where it appears

Summary and FAQ answers MedCoder explanation

Written by MedCoder to explain the sources above: drafted with AI assistance, checked by a person against the release files, and labelled as MedCoder text where it appears. Not official text.

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Nearest Codes in This Family

Official ICD-10-CM classifications closest to M00.24 in its code family, with their registry titles.

• M00.229 — Other streptococcal arthritis, unspecified elbow
• M00.23 — Other streptococcal arthritis, wrist
• M00.231 — Other streptococcal arthritis, right wrist
• M00.232 — Other streptococcal arthritis, left wrist
• M00.239 — Other streptococcal arthritis, unspecified wrist
• M00.241 — Other streptococcal arthritis, right hand
• M00.242 — Other streptococcal arthritis, left hand
• M00.249 — Other streptococcal arthritis, unspecified hand
• M00.25 — Other streptococcal arthritis, hip
• M00.251 — Other streptococcal arthritis, right hip

View all codes in the M00 family