VASRD Ratings for Gout
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Gout is listed under diagnostic code 5017. However, the text tells you to rate gout under code 5002.
5002 Arthritis rheumatoid (atrophic) as an active process
With constitutional manifestations associated with
active joint involvement, totally incapacitating.................................... ...... 100
5002 Arthritis rheumatoid (atrophic) as an active process (cont.)
Less than criteria for 100% but with weight loss and anemia
productive of severe impairment of health or severely
incapacitating exacerbations occurring 4 or more times a year
or a lesser number over prolonged periods........................................... ....... 60
Symptom combinations productive of definite impairment of
health objectively supported by examination findings or
incapacitating exacerbations occurring 3 or more times a year................ 40
One or two exacerbations a year in a well-established diagnosis............... 20
If you want to find the text, it is under the muskuloskeletal section of the VASRD.
Gout is listed under diagnostic code 5017. However, the text tells you to rate gout under code 5002.
5002 Arthritis rheumatoid (atrophic) as an active process
With constitutional manifestations associated with
active joint involvement, totally incapacitating.................................... ...... 100
5002 Arthritis rheumatoid (atrophic) as an active process (cont.)
Less than criteria for 100% but with weight loss and anemia
productive of severe impairment of health or severely
incapacitating exacerbations occurring 4 or more times a year
or a lesser number over prolonged periods........................................... ....... 60
Symptom combinations productive of definite impairment of
health objectively supported by examination findings or
incapacitating exacerbations occurring 3 or more times a year................ 40
One or two exacerbations a year in a well-established diagnosis............... 20
If you want to find the text, it is under the muskuloskeletal section of the VASRD.