ICD-10-CM › M00-M99 › M20-M25 › M24.1 Other articular cartilage disorders › M24.14
Other articular cartilage disorders, hand
Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.
Submit one of these 3 more specific codes instead:
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.
- FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Other articular cartilage disorders, hand
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 M24 Other specific joint derangements
Excludes1 - never coded here
- current injury - see injury of joint by body region
Excludes2 - not included here
- ganglion (M67.4)
- snapping knee (M23.8-)
- temporomandibular joint disorders (M26.6-)
Inherited from the M20-M25 section Other joint disorders (M20-M25)
Excludes2 - not included here
- joints of the spine (M40-M54)
How CDC's index refers to this code
Wording from the official alphabetic index. Much of it appears nowhere in the code description, which is why a search for the everyday phrase so often finds nothing.
- Change > joint
- Lesion > joint
- Polychondritis
- Mushrooming hip
- Change > hip joint
- Abscess > cartilage
- Erosion > cartilage
- Derangement > shoulder
- Disorder > articulation
- Ossification > cartilage
- Disease, diseased > joint
- Derangement > cartilage NEC
- Atrophy, atrophic > cartilage
- Disease, diseased > cartilage
- Disorder > joint > derangement
- Loss > substance of > cartilage
- Disorder > cartilage > articular NEC
- Hypertrophy, hypertrophic > cartilage
- Tear, torn > articular cartilage, old
- Tear, torn > cartilage > articular, old
- Infection, infected, infective > cartilage
- Degeneration, degenerative > articular cartilage NEC
- Disorder > cartilage > specified type NEC > articular
- Derangement > joint > articular cartilage > hand
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| M24.10 | Other articular cartilage disorders, unspecified site | Valid |
| M24.11 | Other articular cartilage disorders, shoulder | Not billable |
| M24.12 | Other articular cartilage disorders, elbow | Not billable |
| M24.13 | Other articular cartilage disorders, wrist | Not billable |
| M24.15 | Other articular cartilage disorders, hip | Not billable |
| M24.17 | Other articular cartilage disorders, ankle and foot | Not billable |
| M24.19 | Other articular cartilage disorders, other specified site | Valid |