kodex

Kodex

ICD-10-CM
Code

M24.521

Contracture, right elbow

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Hierarchy

  • M00-M99 Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00-M99)
    • M20-M25 Other joint disorders (M20-M25)
      • M24 Other specific joint derangements
        • M24.5 Contracture of joint
          • M24.52 Contracture, elbow
            • M24.521 Contracture, right elbow
            • M24.522 Contracture, left elbow
            • M24.529 Contracture, unspecified elbow

Notes

M00-M99

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

Excludes 1

M24.5

  • M62.4 Contracture of muscle
  • contracture of tendon (sheath) without contracture of joint (M62.4-)
    • M62.4 Contracture of muscle
  • Dupuytren's contracture (M72.0)
    • M72.0 Palmar fascial fibromatosis [Dupuytren]

M24

  • current injury - see injury of joint by body region

Excludes 2

M24.5

  • acquired deformities of limbs (M20-M21)

M24

  • M67.4 Ganglion
  • snapping knee (M23.8-)
    • M23.8 Other internal derangements of knee
  • M26.6 Temporomandibular joint disorders

M20-M25

  • joints of the spine (M40-M54)

M00-M99

  • L40.5 Arthropathic psoriasis
  • certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
  • A00-B99 Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
  • compartment syndrome (traumatic) (T79.A-)
    • T79.A Traumatic compartment syndrome
  • complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
    • O00-O9A Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
  • congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
    • Q00-Q99 Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
  • endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
  • S00-T88 Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
  • C00-D49 Neoplasms (C00-D49)
  • symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)