M23.349 Other meniscus derangements, anterior horn of lateral meniscus, unspecified knee
Instructional Notes:
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M23.349
Description: Other meniscus derangements, anterior horn of lateral meniscus, unspecified knee
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M23.34
Description: Other meniscus derangements, anterior horn of lateral meniscus
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M23.3
Description: Other meniscus derangements
Inclusion Term:
- Degenerate meniscus
- Detached meniscus
- Retained meniscus
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M23
Description: Internal derangement of knee
Exclude1:
- ankylosis (M24.66)
- deformity of knee (M21.-)
- osteochondritis dissecans (M93.2)
Exclude2:
- current injury - see injury of knee and lower leg (S80-S89)
- recurrent dislocation or subluxation of joints (M24.4)
- recurrent dislocation or subluxation of patella (M22.0-M22.1)
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M20-M25
Description: Other joint disorders (M20-M25)
Exclude2:
- joints of the spine (M40-M54)
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M00-M99
Description: Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue
Exclude2:
- 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:
- Use an external cause code following the code for the musculoskeletal condition, if applicable, to identify the cause of the musculoskeletal condition