M05.34

Rheumatoid heart disease with rheumatoid arthritis of hand

Header / non-billable

This code does not map to a risk-adjusting HCC in the loaded models.

Coding notes

Excludes 1 never coded together · Excludes 2 may co-exist

This code · M05.34
Synonyms

Rheumatoid heart disease with rheumatoid arthritis, metacarpus and phalanges

Inherited from M05.3Rheumatoid heart disease with rheumatoid arthritis
Synonyms

Rheumatoid carditis Rheumatoid endocarditis Rheumatoid myocarditis Rheumatoid pericarditis

Inherited from M05Rheumatoid arthritis with rheumatoid factor
Excludes 1

rheumatic fever (I00) juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (M08.-) rheumatoid arthritis of spine (M45.-)

Inherited from chapter 13Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue
Excludes 2

arthropathic psoriasis (L40.5-) certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96) certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99) compartment syndrome (traumatic) (T79.A-) complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A) congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99) endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88) injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88) neoplasms (C00-D49) symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)

Note

Use an external cause code following the code for the musculoskeletal condition, if applicable, to identify the cause of the musculoskeletal condition (M00-M25) Arthropathies (M00-M25) Includes: Disorders affecting predominantly peripheral (limb) joints (M40-M54) Dorsopathies (M40-M54) (M60-M79) Soft tissue disorders (M60-M79) (M80-M94) Osteopathies and chondropathies (M80-M94)

Official Guidelines for M05.34

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