Alphabetic Index FY2027

M24.5

Contracture of joint

FY2027Chapter 13: Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue/M20–M25 Other joint disorders

Non-billable headerNot valid on its own. Use one of the more specific codes under it.

M24.5 is a non-billable ICD-10-CM code header for contracture of joint. Report a more specific code from it instead. It is part of the FY2027 code set, effective October 1, 2026. The more specific codes under it are M24.50 Contracture, unspecified joint; M24.51 Contracture, shoulder; M24.52 Contracture, elbow; M24.53 Contracture, wrist and 5 more. Its coding notes include 4 Excludes1 entries and 15 Excludes2 entries.

Excludes1

Not coded here. The listed conditions generally should not be reported together.

This code
  • contracture of muscle without contracture of joint (M62.4-)
  • contracture of tendon (sheath) without contracture of joint (M62.4-)
  • Dupuytren's contracture (M72.0)
Inherited from M24 Other specific joint derangements
  • current injury - see injury of joint by body region

Excludes2

Not included here. Both codes may be reported if the patient has both conditions.

This code
  • acquired deformities of limbs (M20-M21)
Inherited from M24 Other specific joint derangements
Also from chapter/block level (11 notes)
Inherited from M20–M25 Other joint disorders
Inherited from Chapter 13 Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue
  • arthropathic psoriasis (L40.5-)
  • certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
  • certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
  • compartment syndrome (traumatic) (T79.A-)
  • complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
  • congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
  • endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
  • injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
  • neoplasms (C00-D49)
  • symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)

Notes

Also from chapter/block level (1 note)
Inherited from Chapter 13 Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue
  • Use an external cause code following the code for the musculoskeletal condition, if applicable, to identify the cause of the musculoskeletal condition

More specific codes under M24.5 9