M24.0
M24.0: Loose body in joint
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
M24.0 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for loose body in joint. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
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.
- loose body in knee (M23.4)
Excludes1 inherited from the categories above M24.0
A category’s note binds every code beneath it.
Written on M24: Other specific joint derangements
- current injury - see injury of joint by body region
Excludes2 inherited from the categories above M24.0
Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.
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 M24.0
8 child codes. Green means billable.
Other codes under M24
- M24.1Other articular cartilage disorders
- M24.2Disorder of ligament
- M24.3Pathological dislocation of joint, not elsewhere classified
- M24.4Recurrent dislocation of joint
- M24.5Contracture of joint
- M24.6Ankylosis of joint
- M24.7Protrusio acetabuli
- M24.8Other specific joint derangements, not elsewhere classified
- M24.9Joint derangement, unspecified