M24.2

Disorder of ligament

Non-billable header

M24.2 is a non-billable header code. Use one of the more specific codes below.

Inclusion terms

Applicable to

  • Instability secondary to old ligament injury
  • Ligamentous laxity NOS

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.

  • familial ligamentous laxity (M35.7)
  • current injury - see injury of joint by body region (from M24)

Excludes2

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

  • internal derangement of knee (M23.5-M23.8X9)
  • 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)

Also known as

  • Instability secondary to old ligament injury
  • Ligamentous laxity NOS

Parent code

  • M24Other specific joint derangementsHeader

More specific codes M24.2

  • M24.20Disorder of ligament, unspecified siteBillable
  • M24.21Disorder of ligament, shoulderHeader
  • M24.22Disorder of ligament, elbowHeader
  • M24.23Disorder of ligament, wristHeader
  • M24.24Disorder of ligament, handHeader
  • M24.25Disorder of ligament, hipHeader
  • M24.27Disorder of ligament, ankle and footHeader
  • M24.28Disorder of ligament, vertebraeBillable
  • M24.29Disorder of ligament, other specified siteBillable

Related codes

  • M24.0Loose body in jointHeader
  • M24.1Other articular cartilage disordersHeader
  • 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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