The physical examination looks for evidence of: 1
You may need surgery when your knee has structural damage. You may also need it if your knee pain has not responded to other methods of pain relief for structural damage or other conditions, such as osteoarthritis. If you choose surgery, a physician anesthesiologist will prevent you from feeling pain during the operation.
genetic factors – a family history of knee OA means that you’re at greater risk of developing it yourself. Osteoarthritis of the knee can be diagnosed by your doctor without the need for joint imaging such as x-rays or MRI. A diagnosis is normally based on your signs and symptoms such as: stiffness of the joint after rest – less than 30 minutes.
To minimize symptoms:
M17. 9 - Osteoarthritis of knee, unspecified | ICD-10-CM.
ICD-10-CM Code for Unilateral primary osteoarthritis, left knee M17. 12.
ICD-10 code M19. 90 for Unspecified osteoarthritis, unspecified site is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Arthropathies .
M17. 0 - Bilateral primary osteoarthritis of knee | ICD-10-CM.
Osteoarthritis. Osteoarthritis is the most common form of arthritis in the knee. It is a degenerative, "wear-and-tear" type of arthritis that occurs most often in people 50 years of age and older, although it may occur in younger people, too. In osteoarthritis, the cartilage in the knee joint gradually wears away.
Bilateral knee arthritis occurs when both knees are affected with OA. OA is a painful, degenerative condition that can reduce your mobility and make daily tasks difficult to manage. Early diagnosis and treatment may decrease joint damage and improve your overall quality of life.
ICD-10 Code for Bilateral primary osteoarthritis of knee- M17. 0- Codify by AAPC.
89.29 or the diagnosis term “chronic pain syndrome” to utilize ICD-10 code G89. 4.
Are arthritis and osteoarthritis the same? Arthritis is a blanket term covering all types of arthritis including osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, and gout. Wear and tear on the joints are known as osteoarthritis, and it's the most common type of arthritis.
ICD-10 Code for Pain in unspecified knee- M25. 569- Codify by AAPC.
M25. 561 Pain in right knee - ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Codes.
The code for multiple sites is M15.
Polyarthritis – Arthritis of 5 or more joints is coded as polyarthritis instead of coding each joint arthritis.
Primary Osteoarthritis – Wear and tear of the joint due to age.
Arthritis is the inflammation of one or many joints which causes common symptoms like stiffness and pain and these get worse when getting older. Treatment can help reducing symptoms, but arthritis cannot be cured totally. Most type of Arthritis can lasts for many years or can be there life long.
There are several different types of arthritis depending on the causal organism (Gonococcal, Pneumococcal, Streptococcal etc.), Infectious, Juvenile, due to some other disease and many other. Common types of arthritis found in medical records are osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis.
Codes from M00.00 to M00.09 – Caused by Staphylococcus
M08.20 to M08.2A – Juvenile RA With systemic onset
Note : “Arthritis_degenerative” also leads to OA
As for using the code for knee pain, M25.56 _, this should be used only if there is no clear explanation/cause for the patient's knee pain. "Pain" is a symptom, not a disease. This code will get the patient down the hall to the X-ray Department for X-rays of the knee (s), but should be removed from the diagnosis list and replaced by the "diagnosis" code once it is known, i.e. osteoarthritis of the knee in this case. If the patient's knee pain is adequately explained by the arthritis, then it should not be listed in the diagnosis list at all. In general, if a doctor says his patient has "Osteoarthritis" of any joint, then they are referring to "Primary Osteoarthritis" of that joint. Post-traumatic and Secondary Osteoarthritis as diagnoses have to be supported in the documentation by specific information that would justify using them. As for your particular case, I would only list the code for Osteoarthritis of the Knee (M17.11, right, or M17.12, left) as suggested by John.
You need to ask the provider for more information because in order to code correctly, you need to know which knee was examined and if osteoarthritis was found. Providers need to understand that "unspecified" won't work with ICD-10. Once you get that information, I would code M25.561 for right knee pain or M25.562 for left knee pain or M17.11 for right knee osteoarthritis or M17.12 for left knee osteoarthritis or M17.0 for both knees assuming that was a finding.
If the patient's knee pain is adequately explained by the arthritis, then it should not be listed in the diagnosis list at all. In general, if a doctor says his patient has "Osteoarthritis" of any joint, then they are referring to "Primary Osteoarthritis" of that joint.