M24.0

Loose body in joint

Non-billable header

M24.0 is a non-billable header code. Use one of the more specific codes below.

Inclusion terms

Includes (from M24)

  • Note: Use an external cause code following the code for the musculoskeletal condition, if applicable, to identify the cause of the musculoskeletal condition

Excludes1

Not coded here — never report together with this code.

  • current injury - see injury of joint by body region (from M24)

Excludes2

Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.

  • loose body in knee (M23.4)
  • arthropathic psoriasis (L40.5-) (from M24)
  • certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96) (from M24)
  • certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99) (from M24)
  • compartment syndrome (traumatic) (T79.A-) (from M24)
  • complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A) (from M24)
  • congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99) (from M24)
  • endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88) (from M24)
  • injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88) (from M24)
  • neoplasms (C00-D49) (from M24)
  • symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94) (from M24)
  • joints of the spine (M40-M54) (from M24)
  • ganglion (M67.4) (from M24)
  • snapping knee (M23.8-) (from M24)
  • temporomandibular joint disorders (M26.6-) (from M24)

Parent code

  • M24Other specific joint derangementsHeader

More specific codes M24.0

  • M24.00Loose body in unspecified jointBillable
  • M24.01Loose body in shoulderHeader
  • M24.02Loose body in elbowHeader
  • M24.03Loose body in wristHeader
  • M24.04Loose body in finger jointsHeader
  • M24.05Loose body in hipHeader
  • M24.07Loose body in ankle and toe jointsHeader
  • M24.08Loose body, other siteBillable

Related codes

  • M24.1Other articular cartilage disordersHeader
  • M24.2Disorder of ligamentHeader
  • M24.3Pathological dislocation of joint, not elsewhere classifiedHeader
  • M24.4Recurrent dislocation of jointHeader
  • M24.5Contracture of jointHeader
  • M24.6Ankylosis of jointHeader
  • M24.7Protrusio acetabuliBillable
  • M24.8Other specific joint derangements, not elsewhere classifiedHeader
  • M24.9Joint derangement, unspecifiedBillable

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