ICD-10-CM › M00-M99 › M20-M25 › M23 Internal derangement of knee › M23.2

M23.2

Derangement of meniscus due to old tear or injury

Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.

A category header for its whole life, FY2016 onwards. It has never been valid for submission on its own.

Submit one of these 7 more specific codes instead:

  • M23.20 Derangement of unspecified meniscus due to old tear or injury (also a header)
  • M23.21 Derangement of anterior horn of medial meniscus due to old tear or injury (also a header)
  • M23.22 Derangement of posterior horn of medial meniscus due to old tear or injury (also a header)
  • M23.23 Derangement of other medial meniscus due to old tear or injury (also a header)
  • M23.24 Derangement of anterior horn of lateral meniscus due to old tear or injury (also a header)
  • M23.25 Derangement of posterior horn of lateral meniscus due to old tear or injury (also a header)
  • M23.26 Derangement of other lateral meniscus due to old tear or injury (also a header)

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2012 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.

  1. FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Derangement of meniscus due to old tear or injury

Official coding rules

Published by CDC for FY2027. A rule attached to a category binds every code beneath it, so the rules inherited from this code's ancestors are shown with the code they come from.

Inherited from M23 Internal derangement of knee

Excludes1 - never coded here

  • ankylosis (M24.66)
  • deformity of knee (M21.-)
  • osteochondritis dissecans (M93.2)

Excludes2 - not included here

  • current injury - see injury of knee and lower leg (S80-S89)
  • recurrent dislocation or subluxation of joints (M24.4)
  • recurrent dislocation or subluxation of patella (M22.0-M22.1)

Inherited from the M20-M25 section Other joint disorders (M20-M25)

Excludes2 - not included here

  • joints of the spine (M40-M54)

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
M23.0 Cystic meniscus Not billable
M23.3 Other meniscus derangements Not billable
M23.4 Loose body in knee Not billable
M23.5 Chronic instability of knee Not billable
M23.6 Other spontaneous disruption of ligament(s) of knee Not billable
M23.8 Other internal derangements of knee Not billable
M23.9 Unspecified internal derangement of knee Not billable