M24
Header — not billableOther specific joint derangements
The ICD-10 code for other specific joint derangements is M24.
M24 is a non-billable header code. It groups related conditions but cannot be used on its own for reimbursement — select one of the 10 more specific codes below.
Clinical notes
Excludes1 (not coded here)
An Excludes1 note is a pure exclusion: the excluded condition and this code should never be reported together, because the two conditions cannot occur at the same time (e.g. a congenital form vs. an acquired form of the same disease).
- current injury - see injury of joint by body region
Documentation support
General coding-documentation guidance — not a substitute for payer-specific requirements or professional coding judgment.
- •This is a non-billable header code. Documentation must support a more specific child code before this diagnosis can be reported on a claim.
- •Confirm the excluded condition(s) listed above are not also present — Excludes1 conditions cannot be coded together with this one.
- •As a general rule, code to the highest level of specificity supported by the documentation in the medical record.
Child codes under M24
- M24.0Loose body in jointnon-billable header
- M24.1Other articular cartilage disordersnon-billable header
- M24.2Disorder of ligamentnon-billable header
- M24.3Pathological dislocation of joint, not elsewhere classifiednon-billable header
- M24.4Recurrent dislocation of jointnon-billable header
- M24.5Contracture of jointnon-billable header
- M24.6Ankylosis of jointnon-billable header
- M24.7Protrusio acetabuli
- M24.8Other specific joint derangements, not elsewhere classifiednon-billable header
- M24.9Joint derangement, unspecified
Related codes in this category
- M20Acquired deformities of fingers and toesnon-billable header
- M21Other acquired deformities of limbsnon-billable header
- M22Disorder of patellanon-billable header
- M23Internal derangement of kneenon-billable header
- M25Other joint disorder, not elsewhere classifiednon-billable header
- M24Other specific joint derangementsnon-billable header