Joint derangement, unspecified

ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.

Valid FY2016 onwards.

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2007 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.

FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Joint derangement, unspecified

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
Lesion > joint
Mushrooming hip
Change > hip joint
Derangement > shoulder
Disorder > articulation
Disease, diseased > joint
Disorder > joint > derangement
Derangement > joint

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
M24.0	Loose body in joint	Not billable
M24.1	Other articular cartilage disorders	Not billable
M24.2	Disorder of ligament	Not billable
M24.3	Pathological dislocation of joint, not elsewhere classified	Not billable
M24.4	Recurrent dislocation of joint	Not billable
M24.5	Contracture of joint	Not billable
M24.6	Ankylosis of joint	Not billable
M24.7	Protrusio acetabuli	Valid
M24.8	Other specific joint derangements, not elsewhere classified	Not billable