M00-M02
Infectious arthropathies
ICD-10 code M00-M02 for Infectious arthropathies
Note: This block comprises arthropathies due to microbiological agents. Distinction is made between the following types of
etiological relationship:
a) direct infection of joint, where organisms invade synovial tissue and microbial antigen is present in the joint;
b) indirect infection, which may be of two types: a reactive arthropathy, where microbial infection of the body is
established but neither organisms nor antigens can be identified in the joint, and a postinfective arthropathy, where
microbial antigen is present but recovery of an organism is inconstant and evidence of local multiplication is lacking.
ICD-10 International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems 10th Revision