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ICD-10/M19.031

M19.031 ICD-10-CM Code: Primary osteoarthritis, right wrist

Billing Status: YES. This is a valid, specific, and billable ICD-10-CM reference.

Inpatient Payment Groups (MS-DRG)

MS-DRGs this diagnosis helps define, as principal or secondary, per the CMS ICD-10-CM/PCS MS-DRG Definitions Manual v43.0 (FY2026), Appendix B.

  • MS-DRG 553 — BONE DISEASES AND ARTHROPATHIES WITH MCC (MDC 08)
  • MS-DRG 554 — BONE DISEASES AND ARTHROPATHIES WITHOUT MCC (MDC 08)

A diagnosis appearing in a group's logic does not by itself determine the DRG assigned to a stay; the grouper uses the full claim.

Code Set: Valid FY2026 and FY2027. FY2026 took effect October 1, 2025.

Official Registry Overview & Definition

Primary osteoarthritis, right wrist is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code (M19.031).

Official Tabular Instructional Notes

Sequencing, inclusion, and exclusion notes published for M19.031 in the official ICD-10-CM tabular list.

Excludes1 — Not Coded Here

Conditions that can never be reported with this code; the two are mutually exclusive.

  • polyarthritis (M15.-)

Excludes2 — Not Included Here

Conditions not covered by this code, but which may be reported alongside it when both are present.

  • arthrosis of spine (M47.-)
  • hallux rigidus (M20.2)
  • osteoarthritis of spine (M47.-)

Nearest Codes in This Family

Official ICD-10-CM classifications closest to M19.031 in its code family, with their registry titles.

  • M19.02 — Primary osteoarthritis, elbow
  • M19.021 — Primary osteoarthritis, right elbow
  • M19.022 — Primary osteoarthritis, left elbow
  • M19.029 — Primary osteoarthritis, unspecified elbow
  • M19.03 — Primary osteoarthritis, wrist
  • M19.032 — Primary osteoarthritis, left wrist
  • M19.039 — Primary osteoarthritis, unspecified wrist
  • M19.04 — Primary osteoarthritis, hand
  • M19.041 — Primary osteoarthritis, right hand
  • M19.042 — Primary osteoarthritis, left hand

View all codes in the M19 family