ICD-10-CM › M00-M99 › M20-M25 › M24.5 Contracture of joint › M24.59
M24.59
Contracture, other specified joint
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 Contracture, other specified joint
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.
- Flexure
- Drop > finger
- Change > joint
- Mushrooming hip
- Deformity > thumb
- Change > hip joint
- Overriding > finger
- Retraction > finger
- Derangement > shoulder
- Tight, tightness > tendon
- Disorder > joint > stiffness
- Flexion > contracture, joint
- Disorder > joint > derangement
- Disorder > tendon > contracture
- Derangement > joint > contracture
- Stiffness, joint NEC > contracture
- Cicatrix > muscle > with contracture
- Short, shortening, shortness > tendon
- Deformity > finger > flexion contracture
- Abduction contracture, hip or other joint
- Adduction contracture, hip or other joint
- Contraction, contracture, contracted > flaccid
- Short, shortening, shortness > tibialis anterior
- Contraction, contracture, contracted > finger NEC
- Contraction, contracture, contracted > paralytic > joint
- Contraction, contracture, contracted > finger NEC > joint
- Contraction, contracture, contracted > paralytic > muscle
- Short, shortening, shortness > tendon > with contracture of joint
- Contraction, contracture, contracted > tendon > with contracture of joint
- Contraction, contracture, contracted > muscle NEC > with contracture of joint
- Contraction, contracture, contracted > joint > specified site NEC
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| M24.50 | Contracture, unspecified joint | Valid |
| M24.51 | Contracture, shoulder | Not billable |
| M24.52 | Contracture, elbow | Not billable |
| M24.53 | Contracture, wrist | Not billable |
| M24.54 | Contracture, hand | Not billable |
| M24.55 | Contracture, hip | Not billable |
| M24.56 | Contracture, knee | Not billable |
| M24.57 | Contracture, ankle and foot | Not billable |