Effective from
- Inherited rules changed
Loose body in knee
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CDC/NCHS · FY2021For US diagnosis claims covered by HIPAA, ICD-10-CM is required from October 1, 2015.
Use the service date for outpatient/professional claims and the discharge date for hospital inpatient claims. Earlier encounters use ICD-9-CM; each individual code must also be valid for the applicable date.
Official coding guidelines → · CMS ↗First observed · 2015-10-01
Latest recorded change · FY2021
Effective from
Loose body in knee
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CDC/NCHS · FY2021| All editions | Effective from | Code history |
|---|---|---|
| FY2016 | 2015-10-01 | First observed |
| FY2017 | 2016-10-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2018 | 2017-10-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2019 | 2018-10-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2020 | 2019-10-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2020 · April | 2020-04-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2021 | 2020-10-01 | Inherited rules changed |
| FY2021 · 01-01 | 2021-01-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2022 | 2021-10-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2022 · 04-01 | 2022-04-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2023 | 2022-10-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2023 · 04-01 | 2023-04-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2024 | 2023-10-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2024 · 04-01 | 2024-04-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2025 | 2024-10-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2025 · 04-01 | 2025-04-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2026 | 2025-10-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2026 · April | 2026-04-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2027 | 2026-10-01 | No tabular change |
The official Tabular List has no additional instructions at this code level.
Review the instructions inherited from its parent categories below. Inherited instructions ↓
Use an external cause code following the code for the musculoskeletal condition, if applicable, to identify the cause of the musculoskeletal condition
Disorders affecting predominantly peripheral (limb) joints
Other entries in the same category; these are not automatic substitutes.
| Code | Description | Category · further specificity required |
|---|---|---|
| M23.0 | Cystic meniscus | Category · further specificity required |
| M23.2 | Derangement of meniscus due to old tear or injury | Category · further specificity required |
| M23.3 | Other meniscus derangements | Category · further specificity required |
| M23.5 | Chronic instability of knee | Category · further specificity required |
| M23.6 | Other spontaneous disruption of ligament(s) of knee | Category · further specificity required |
| M23.8 | Other internal derangements of knee | Category · further specificity required |
| M23.9 | Unspecified internal derangement of knee | Category · further specificity required |
Official titles and instructions are preserved in their source language. Official sources ↗
Excludes 2 · loose body in knee (M23.4)