M23.63
Other spontaneous disruption of medial collateral ligament of knee
Not billable — category only FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
Exclusions 16 never code together
M23code
Excludes1
Excludes2
- current injury - see injury of knee and lower leg (S80-S89)S80-S89
- recurrent dislocation or subluxation of joints (M24.4)M24.4
- recurrent dislocation or subluxation of patella (M22.0-M22.1)M22.0-M22.1
M00-M99chapter
Excludes2
- arthropathic psoriasis (L40.5-)L40.5-
- certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)P04-P96
- certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)A00-B99
- compartment syndrome (traumatic) (T79.A-)T79.A-
- complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)O00-O9A
- congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)Q00-Q99
- endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)E00-E88
- injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)S00-T88
- neoplasms (C00-D49)C00-D49
- symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)R00-R94
Excludes1 — never code together. The excluded condition and this one are mutually exclusive.
Excludes2 — not included here, but the patient may have both. Code both when documented.
Instructional notes 2
Index entries leading here 1
Alongside this code 5 same parent — M23.6
M23.60 Other spontaneous disruption of unspecified ligament of knee category M23.61 Oth spon disruption of anterior cruciate ligament of knee category M23.62 Oth spon disruption of posterior cruciate ligament of knee category M23.64 Oth spon disruption of lateral collateral ligament of knee category M23.67 Other spontaneous disruption of capsular ligament of knee category
Subordinate codes 3
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