ICD-10-CM › M00-M99 › M20-M25 › M24.2 Disorder of ligament › M24.22
Disorder of ligament, elbow
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 Disorder of ligament, elbow
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
- Mushrooming hip
- Unstable > joint
- Change > hip joint
- Deformity > ligament
- Derangement > shoulder
- Lax, laxity > ligament
- Cyst > intraligamentous
- Derangement > joint > ligament
- Disorder > joint > derangement
- Disorder > joint > instability
- Hypertrophy, hypertrophic > ligament
- Contraction, contracture, contracted > ligament
- Instability > joint > due to old ligament injury
- Instability > joint > secondary to > old ligament injury
- Disorder > ligament > elbow
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| M24.20 | Disorder of ligament, unspecified site | Valid |
| M24.21 | Disorder of ligament, shoulder | Not billable |
| M24.23 | Disorder of ligament, wrist | Not billable |
| M24.24 | Disorder of ligament, hand | Not billable |
| M24.25 | Disorder of ligament, hip | Not billable |
| M24.27 | Disorder of ligament, ankle and foot | Not billable |
| M24.28 | Disorder of ligament, vertebrae | Valid |
| M24.29 | Disorder of ligament, other specified site | Valid |