DxCodebookFY2027 · Oct 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2027

Category · FY2027

M15 Polyosteoarthritis

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M15 is not billable. The category heads 7 billable codes in FY2027: the 7 codes directly below it.

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Where it sits

  1. Chapter 13 Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00-M99)
  2. M15-M19 Osteoarthritis (M15-M19)
  3. M15 Polyosteoarthritis
Billable codes
7
Subdivisions
7
CC / MCC codes
0 / 0
HCC V28 codes
0
New FY2027
0
Index entries
28

Codes in M15

  1. M15.0
    Primary generalized (osteo)arthritis
    Billable
  2. M15.1
    Heberden's nodes (with arthropathy)
    Billable
    Inclusion terms 1

    Inclusion terms

    • Interphalangeal distal osteoarthritis
  3. M15.2
    Bouchard's nodes (with arthropathy)
    Billable
    Inclusion terms 1

    Inclusion terms

    • Juxtaphalangeal distal osteoarthritis
  4. M15.3
    Secondary multiple arthritis
    Billable
    Inclusion terms 1

    Inclusion terms

    • Post-traumatic polyosteoarthritis
  5. M15.4
    Erosive (osteo)arthritis
    Billable
  6. M15.8
    Other polyosteoarthritis
    Billable
  7. M15.9
    Polyosteoarthritis, unspecified
    Billable
    Inclusion terms 1

    Inclusion terms

    • Generalized osteoarthritis NOS

Sources of each column.

Instructions

At M15

Includes

  • arthritis of multiple sites

Excludes1

  • bilateral involvement of single joint (M16-M19) M16 M19

Notes that also apply

Block M15-M19 instructions (Excludes2 1): printed on the block page.

Instructions for the group M00-M25 (Includes 1): printed on the chapter 13 page.

Chapter 13 instructions (Notes 1, Excludes2 10): printed on the chapter 13 page.

Index entries

  • Heberden's disease or nodes (with arthropathy) → M15.1
  • Bouchard's nodes (with arthropathy) → M15.2
  • Haygarth's nodes → M15.8
  • Polyarthrosis → M15.9
  • Polyosteoarthritis → M15.9-
  • Polyarthrosisprimary → M15.0
  • Node(s)Heberden's (with arthropathy) → M15.1
  • Node(s)Bouchard's (with arthropathy) → M15.2
  • Polyarthrosispost-traumatic → M15.3
  • Polyosteoarthritispost-traumatic → M15.3
  • Osteoarthrosis (degenerative) (hypertrophic) (joint)erosive → M15.4
  • Node(s)Haygarth's → M15.8
  • Nodule(s), nodularHaygarth's → M15.8
  • Polyarthrosisspecified NEC → M15.8
  • Polyosteoarthritisspecified NEC → M15.8
  • Atrophy, atrophic (of)polyarthritis → M15.9
  • Osteoarthritisgeneralized (multiple joints) → M15.9
  • Osteoarthrosis (degenerative) (hypertrophic) (joint)generalized → M15.9
  • Osteoarthrosis (degenerative) (hypertrophic) (joint)polyarticular → M15.9
  • Osteoarthritisgeneralized (multiple joints)primary → M15.0
  • Osteoarthrosis (degenerative) (hypertrophic) (joint)generalizedprimary → M15.0
  • Osteoarthritisinterphalangealdistal (Heberden) → M15.1
  • Osteoarthritisinterphalangealproximal (Bouchard) → M15.2
  • Osteoarthritissecondarymultiple → M15.3
  • Osteoarthritisgeneralized (multiple joints)erosive → M15.4
  • Osteoarthritisgeneralized (multiple joints)specified NEC → M15.8
  • Osteoarthritisprimarymultiple sites → M15.9
  • Disease, diseasedjointdegenerativemultiple → M15.9

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