InnovaRx Innova Health Strategies
Pricing Sign in

M24.30

Pathological dislocation of unspecified joint, not elsewhere classified

Billable FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
This is the unspecified option. 8 more specific codes sit alongside it. Worth checking whether the documentation supports one of them.
Exclusions 17 never code together
M24code
Excludes1
  • current injury - see injury of joint by body region
Excludes2
  • ganglion (M67.4)M67.4
  • snapping knee (M23.8-)M23.8-
  • temporomandibular joint disorders (M26.6-)M26.6-
M24.3code
Excludes1
  • congenital dislocation or displacement of joint- see congenital malformations and deformations of the musculoskeletal system (Q65-Q79)Q65-Q79
  • current injury - see injury of joints and ligaments by body region
  • recurrent dislocation of joint (M24.4-)M24.4-
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
M00-M25block
Includes
  • Disorders affecting predominantly peripheral (limb) joints
M00-M99chapter
Notes
  • Use an external cause code following the code for the musculoskeletal condition, if applicable, to identify the cause of the musculoskeletal condition
Index entries leading here 1
  • Dislocation (articular)
Alongside this code 8 same parent — M24.3
M24.31 Pathological dislocation of shoulder, NEC category M24.32 Pathological dislocation of elbow, not elsewhere classified category M24.33 Pathological dislocation of wrist, not elsewhere classified category M24.34 Pathological dislocation of hand, not elsewhere classified category M24.35 Pathological dislocation of hip, not elsewhere classified category M24.36 Pathological dislocation of knee, not elsewhere classified category M24.37 Pathological dislocation of ankle and foot, NEC category M24.39 Pathological dislocation of other specified joint, NEC
Additional references
AHA Coding Clinic® Licence required

Official coding advice for this code. Published by the American Hospital Association. Not included in this installation.

Risk adjustment

Maps to no condition category in any loaded model.

Presence is a property of the code. Untick a model to hide it everywhere.

This code

Billable
yes
Code set
FY2026
Parent
M24.3
Block
M00-M25
Siblings
8

Present FY2024–FY2027.