M24.3
M24.3: Pathological dislocation of joint, not elsewhere classified
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
M24.3 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for pathological dislocation of joint, not elsewhere classified. 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.
Excludes1 inherited from the categories above M24.3
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 M24.3
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 M24.3
9 child codes. Green means billable.
- M24.30Pathological dislocation of unspecified joint, not elsewhere classified
- M24.31Pathological dislocation of shoulder, not elsewhere classified
- M24.32Pathological dislocation of elbow, not elsewhere classified
- M24.33Pathological dislocation of wrist, not elsewhere classified
- M24.34Pathological dislocation of hand, not elsewhere classified
- M24.35Pathological dislocation of hip, not elsewhere classified
- M24.36Pathological dislocation of knee, not elsewhere classified
- M24.37Pathological dislocation of ankle and foot, not elsewhere classified
- M24.39Pathological dislocation of other specified joint, not elsewhere classified