M24.57

M24.57: Contracture, ankle and foot

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

M24.57 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for contracture, ankle and foot. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above M24.57

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on M24.5: Contracture of joint

contracture of muscle without contracture of joint (M62.4-)
contracture of tendon (sheath) without contracture of joint (M62.4-)
Dupuytren's contracture (M72.0)

Written on M24: Other specific joint derangements

current injury - see injury of joint by body region

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above M24.57

Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.

Written on M24.5: Contracture of joint

acquired deformities of limbs (M20-M21)

Written on M24: Other specific joint derangements

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

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 M24.57

6 child codes. Green means billable.