M24.4 — Recurrent dislocation of joint
M24.4 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for recurrent dislocation of 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.
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Recurrent subluxation of joint
Other codes that can never be billed with M24.4
These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at M24.4. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading M24.4 alone.
- M24.3Pathological dislocation of joint, not elsewhere classified
Risk adjustment
M24.4 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.
Code to one of these instead M24.4
9 child codes. Green means billable.
- M24.40Recurrent dislocation, unspecified joint
- M24.41Recurrent dislocation, shoulder
- M24.42Recurrent dislocation, elbow
- M24.43Recurrent dislocation, wrist
- M24.44Recurrent dislocation, hand and finger(s)
- M24.45Recurrent dislocation, hip
- M24.46Recurrent dislocation, knee
- M24.47Recurrent dislocation, ankle, foot and toes
- M24.49Recurrent dislocation, other specified joint
Related codes at this level
Codes that share M24. If M24.4 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- M24.0Loose body in joint
- M24.1Other articular cartilage disorders
- M24.2Disorder of ligament
- M24.3Pathological dislocation of joint, not elsewhere classified
- M24.5Contracture of joint
- M24.6Ankylosis of joint
- M24.7Protrusio acetabuli
- M24.8Other specific joint derangements, not elsewhere classified
- M24.9Joint derangement, unspecified
Questions about M24.4
- Is M24.4 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. M24.4 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does M24.4 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00-M99), in the block Other joint disorders (M20-M25).