M01.X2Direct infection of elbow in infectious and parasitic diseases classified elsewhere

M01.X2 is the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for direct infection of elbow in infectious and parasitic diseases classified elsewhere. It belongs to category M01 (direct infections of joint in infectious and parasitic diseases classified elsewhere), block M00-M02 (infectious arthropathies) and chapter 13 (diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue). It is a header code, so it can't be reported by itself; one of its 3 subcodes must be used instead.

Within M01.X (direct infection of joint in infectious and parasitic diseases classified elsewhere), M01.X2 is specifically for direct infection of elbow in infectious and parasitic diseases classified elsewhere. Related codes cover unspecified joint in infectious and parasitic diseases classified elsewhere (M01.X0), shoulder joint in infectious and parasitic diseases classified elsewhere (M01.X1), wrist in infectious and parasitic diseases classified elsewhere (M01.X3), hand in infectious and parasitic diseases classified elsewhere (M01.X4), hip in infectious and parasitic diseases classified elsewhere (M01.X5), knee in infectious and parasitic diseases classified elsewhere (M01.X6), ankle and foot in infectious and parasitic diseases classified elsewhere (M01.X7), vertebrae in infectious and parasitic diseases classified elsewhere (M01.X8) and 1 more.

To report this condition, pick the subcode that matches the documentation: M01.X21 (elsewhere), M01.X22 (elsewhere) and M01.X29 (elsewhere).

Code first underlying disease, such as: leprosy [Hansen's disease] (A30.-), mycoses (B35-B49), O'nyong-nyong fever (A92.1) and paratyphoid fever (A01.1-A01.4).

It has been part of ICD-10-CM since the code set took effect on October 1, 2015 and hasn't changed since.