ICD-10-CM › M00-M99 › M20-M25 › M24.1 Other articular cartilage disorders › M24.17

M24.17

Other articular cartilage disorders, ankle and foot

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 6 more specific codes instead:

  • M24.171 Other articular cartilage disorders, right ankle
  • M24.172 Other articular cartilage disorders, left ankle
  • M24.173 Other articular cartilage disorders, unspecified ankle
  • M24.174 Other articular cartilage disorders, right foot
  • M24.175 Other articular cartilage disorders, left foot
  • M24.176 Other articular cartilage disorders, unspecified foot

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 Other articular cartilage disorders, ankle and foot

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.

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
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
M24.14 Other articular cartilage disorders, hand Not billable
M24.15 Other articular cartilage disorders, hip Not billable
M24.19 Other articular cartilage disorders, other specified site Valid