ICD-10-CM › M00-M99 › M20-M25 › M24.3 Pathological dislocation of joint,... › M24.39
M24.39
Pathological dislocation of other specified joint, not elsewhere classified
ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.
What has happened to this code
Every change the publisher made, from 2021 to now.
- FY2021 Added to the code set Pathological dislocation of other specified joint, not elsewhere classified
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
- Change > hip joint
- Dislocation > partial
- Derangement > shoulder
- Dislocation > incomplete
- Dislocation > spontaneous
- Subluxation > pathological
- Disorder > joint > derangement
- Dislocation > vertebra > partial
- Derangement > joint > dislocation > pathological
- Dislocation > pathological NEC > specified site NEC
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| M24.30 | Pathological dislocation of unspecified joint, not elsewhere classified | Valid |
| M24.31 | Pathological dislocation of shoulder, not elsewhere classified | Not billable |
| M24.32 | Pathological dislocation of elbow, not elsewhere classified | Not billable |
| M24.33 | Pathological dislocation of wrist, not elsewhere classified | Not billable |
| M24.34 | Pathological dislocation of hand, not elsewhere classified | Not billable |
| M24.35 | Pathological dislocation of hip, not elsewhere classified | Not billable |
| M24.36 | Pathological dislocation of knee, not elsewhere classified | Not billable |
| M24.37 | Pathological dislocation of ankle and foot, not elsewhere classified | Not billable |