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M24 - Other specific joint derangements

ICD-10-CM Chapter 13: Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue · M20-M25 Other joint disorders (M20-M25) · Top-level category · FY2027

Coding Guidance

M24 is a non-billable heading. Report one of the 10 more specific codes below.

Includes, Excludes and Coding Notes

Excludes 1 — Not Coded HereFrom M24

Mutually exclusive: these conditions are never reported together with this code.

  • current injury - see injury of joint by body region
Excludes 2 — Not Included HereFrom M24

Not part of this code; report both codes when the patient has both conditions.

  • ganglion (M67.4)
  • snapping knee (M23.8-)
  • temporomandibular joint disorders (M26.6-)
Excludes 2 — Not Included HereFrom M20-M25 Other joint disorders (M20-M25)

Not part of this code; report both codes when the patient has both conditions.

  • joints of the spine (M40-M54)
Excludes 2 — Not Included HereFrom Chapter M00-M99

Not part of this code; report both codes when the patient has both conditions.

  • 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)
NotesFrom Chapter M00-M99

Instructional notes from the ICD-10-CM tabular list.

  • Use an external cause code following the code for the musculoskeletal condition, if applicable, to identify the cause of the musculoskeletal condition

More Specific Codes (10)

M24.0Loose body in joint→M24.1Other articular cartilage disorders→M24.2Disorder of ligament→M24.3Pathological dislocation of joint, not elsewhere classified→M24.4Recurrent dislocation of joint→M24.5Contracture of joint→M24.6Ankylosis of joint→M24.7Protrusio acetabuli→M24.8Other specific joint derangements, not elsewhere classified→M24.9Joint derangement, unspecified→

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