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M24

M24: Other specific joint derangements

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

M24 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for other specific joint derangements. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Excludes1: never code together

These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.

  • current injury - see injury of joint by body region

Excludes2: not included here, but may coexist

The excluded condition is not part of this code, but a patient can have both. You may code both.

  • ganglion (M67.4)
  • snapping knee (M23.8-)
  • temporomandibular joint disorders (M26.6-)

Other codes that can never be billed with M24

Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.

  • M23Internal derangement of knee
  • M24.3Pathological dislocation of joint, not elsewhere classified
  • M25.3Other instability of joint
  • M25.6Stiffness of joint, not elsewhere classified
  • M35.7Hypermobility syndrome
  • M62.4Contracture of muscle

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Code to one of these instead M24

10 child codes. Green means billable.

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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