ICD-10-CM › M00-M99 › M20-M25 › M24.6 Ankylosis of joint › M24.69
M24.69
Ankylosis, 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 Ankylosis, 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.
- Fused
- Change > joint
- Mushrooming hip
- Union, abnormal
- Fixation > joint
- Change > hip joint
- Bony block of joint
- Arthrofibrosis, joint
- Fusion, fused > joint
- Derangement > shoulder
- Segmentation, incomplete
- Adhesions, adhesive > joint
- Disorder > joint > stiffness
- Disorder > joint > derangement
- Failure, failed > segmentation
- Derangement > joint > ankylosis
- Stiffness, joint NEC > ankylosis
- Ankylosis > specified site NEC
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| M24.60 | Ankylosis, unspecified joint | Valid |
| M24.61 | Ankylosis, shoulder | Not billable |
| M24.62 | Ankylosis, elbow | Not billable |
| M24.63 | Ankylosis, wrist | Not billable |
| M24.64 | Ankylosis, hand | Not billable |
| M24.65 | Ankylosis, hip | Not billable |
| M24.66 | Ankylosis, knee | Not billable |
| M24.67 | Ankylosis, ankle and foot | Not billable |