M13.81 is the authoritative medical code for Other specified arthritis, shoulder. This classification is used in medical billing and clinical recording to specify the clinical criteria for other specified arthritis, shoulder (ICD-10-CM M13.81), 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 M13.81 in the official ICD-10-CM tabular list.
Conditions that can never be reported with this code; the two are mutually exclusive.
No. M13.81 (Other specified arthritis, shoulder) is a non-billable ICD-10-CM category code. A more specific billable subcode must be selected based on clinical documentation.
Per Excludes1 instructions, M13.81 must not be reported with: osteoarthritis (M15-M19); arthrosis (M15-M19).
Official ICD-10-CM classifications in the same code family as M13.81, with their registry titles.
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