ICD-10-CM M23: Internal derangement of knee

ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code (2025)

Official Description for M23

Internal derangement of knee

Coding Notes & Guidelines for M23

Excludes1: Not Coded Here
  • ankylosis (M24.66)
  • deformity of knee (M21.-)
  • osteochondritis dissecans (M93.2)
Excludes2: Not Included Here
  • 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)
Inclusion Terms
  • Cystic meniscus, unspecified lateral meniscus
  • Cystic meniscus, unspecified medial meniscus
Inclusion Terms

Old bucket-handle tear

Inclusion Terms
  • Derangement of unspecified lateral meniscus due to old tear or injury
  • Derangement of unspecified medial meniscus due to old tear or injury
Inclusion Terms
  • Degenerate meniscus
  • Detached meniscus
  • Retained meniscus
Inclusion Terms
  • Other meniscus derangements, unspecified lateral meniscus
  • Other meniscus derangements, unspecified medial meniscus
Inclusion Terms
  • Laxity of ligament of knee
  • Snapping knee

Child Codes (More Specific Codes for M23):

M23.0 - Cystic meniscus M23.00 - Cystic meniscus, unspecified meniscus M23.000 - Cystic meniscus, unspecified lateral meniscus, right knee M23.001 - Cystic meniscus, unspecified lateral meniscus, left knee M23.002 - Cystic meniscus, unspecified lateral meniscus, unspecified knee M23.003 - Cystic meniscus, unspecified medial meniscus, right knee M23.004 - Cystic meniscus, unspecified medial meniscus, left knee M23.005 - Cystic meniscus, unspecified medial meniscus, unspecified knee M23.006 - Cystic meniscus, unspecified meniscus, right knee M23.007 - Cystic meniscus, unspecified meniscus, left knee M23.009 - Cystic meniscus, unspecified meniscus, unspecified knee M23.01 - Cystic meniscus, anterior horn of medial meniscus M23.011 - Cystic meniscus, anterior horn of medial meniscus, right knee M23.012 - Cystic meniscus, anterior horn of medial meniscus, left knee M23.019 - Cystic meniscus, anterior horn of medial meniscus, unspecified knee M23.02 - Cystic meniscus, posterior horn of medial meniscus M23.021 - Cystic meniscus, posterior horn of medial meniscus, right knee M23.022 - Cystic meniscus, posterior horn of medial meniscus, left knee M23.029 - Cystic meniscus, posterior horn of medial meniscus, unspecified knee M23.03 - Cystic meniscus, other medial meniscus M23.031 - Cystic meniscus, other medial meniscus, right knee M23.032 - Cystic meniscus, other medial meniscus, left knee M23.039 - Cystic meniscus, other medial meniscus, unspecified knee M23.04 - Cystic meniscus, anterior horn of lateral meniscus M23.041 - Cystic meniscus, anterior horn of lateral meniscus, right knee M23.042 - Cystic meniscus, anterior horn of lateral meniscus, left knee M23.049 - Cystic meniscus, anterior horn of lateral meniscus, unspecified knee M23.05 - Cystic meniscus, posterior horn of lateral meniscus M23.051 - Cystic meniscus, posterior horn of lateral meniscus, right knee M23.052 - Cystic meniscus, posterior horn of lateral meniscus, left knee M23.059 - Cystic meniscus, posterior horn of lateral meniscus, unspecified knee M23.06 - Cystic meniscus, other lateral meniscus M23.061 - Cystic meniscus, other lateral meniscus, right knee M23.062 - Cystic meniscus, other lateral meniscus, left knee M23.069 - Cystic meniscus, other lateral meniscus, unspecified knee M23.2 - Derangement of meniscus due to old tear or injury M23.20 - Derangement of unspecified meniscus due to old tear or injury M23.200 - Derangement of unspecified lateral meniscus due to old tear or injury, right knee M23.201 - Derangement of unspecified lateral meniscus due to old tear or injury, left knee M23.202 - Derangement of unspecified lateral meniscus due to old tear or injury, unspecified knee M23.203 - Derangement of unspecified medial meniscus due to old tear or injury, right knee M23.204 - Derangement of unspecified medial meniscus due to old tear or injury, left knee M23.205 - Derangement of unspecified medial meniscus due to old tear or injury, unspecified knee M23.206 - Derangement of unspecified meniscus due to old tear or injury, right knee M23.207 - Derangement of unspecified meniscus due to old tear or injury, left knee M23.209 - Derangement of unspecified meniscus due to old tear or injury, unspecified knee M23.21 - Derangement of anterior horn of medial meniscus due to old tear or injury M23.211 - Derangement of anterior horn of medial meniscus due to old tear or injury, right knee M23.212 - Derangement of anterior horn of medial meniscus due to old tear or injury, left knee M23.219 - Derangement of anterior horn of medial meniscus due to old tear or injury, unspecified knee M23.22 - Derangement of posterior horn of medial meniscus due to old tear or injury M23.221 - Derangement of posterior horn of medial meniscus due to old tear or injury, right knee M23.222 - Derangement of posterior horn of medial meniscus due to old tear or injury, left knee M23.229 - Derangement of posterior horn of medial meniscus due to old tear or injury, unspecified knee M23.23 - Derangement of other medial meniscus due to old tear or injury M23.231 - Derangement of other medial meniscus due to old tear or injury, right knee M23.232 - Derangement of other medial meniscus due to old tear or injury, left knee M23.239 - Derangement of other medial meniscus due to old tear or injury, unspecified knee M23.24 - Derangement of anterior horn of lateral meniscus due to old tear or injury M23.241 - Derangement of anterior horn of lateral meniscus due to old tear or injury, right knee M23.242 - Derangement of anterior horn of lateral meniscus due to old tear or injury, left knee M23.249 - Derangement of anterior horn of lateral meniscus due to old tear or injury, unspecified knee M23.25 - Derangement of posterior horn of lateral meniscus due to old tear or injury M23.251 - Derangement of posterior horn of lateral meniscus due to old tear or injury, right knee M23.252 - Derangement of posterior horn of lateral meniscus due to old tear or injury, left knee M23.259 - Derangement of posterior horn of lateral meniscus due to old tear or injury, unspecified knee M23.26 - Derangement of other lateral meniscus due to old tear or injury M23.261 - Derangement of other lateral meniscus due to old tear or injury, right knee M23.262 - Derangement of other lateral meniscus due to old tear or injury, left knee M23.269 - Derangement of other lateral meniscus due to old tear or injury, unspecified knee M23.3 - Other meniscus derangements M23.30 - Other meniscus derangements, unspecified meniscus M23.300 - Other meniscus derangements, unspecified lateral meniscus, right knee M23.301 - Other meniscus derangements, unspecified lateral meniscus, left knee M23.302 - Other meniscus derangements, unspecified lateral meniscus, unspecified knee M23.303 - Other meniscus derangements, unspecified medial meniscus, right knee M23.304 - Other meniscus derangements, unspecified medial meniscus, left knee M23.305 - Other meniscus derangements, unspecified medial meniscus, unspecified knee M23.306 - Other meniscus derangements, unspecified meniscus, right knee M23.307 - Other meniscus derangements, unspecified meniscus, left knee M23.309 - Other meniscus derangements, unspecified meniscus, unspecified knee M23.31 - Other meniscus derangements, anterior horn of medial meniscus M23.311 - Other meniscus derangements, anterior horn of medial meniscus, right knee M23.312 - Other meniscus derangements, anterior horn of medial meniscus, left knee M23.319 - Other meniscus derangements, anterior horn of medial meniscus, unspecified knee M23.32 - Other meniscus derangements, posterior horn of medial meniscus M23.321 - Other meniscus derangements, posterior horn of medial meniscus, right knee M23.322 - Other meniscus derangements, posterior horn of medial meniscus, left knee M23.329 - Other meniscus derangements, posterior horn of medial meniscus, unspecified knee M23.33 - Other meniscus derangements, other medial meniscus M23.331 - Other meniscus derangements, other medial meniscus, right knee M23.332 - Other meniscus derangements, other medial meniscus, left knee M23.339 - Other meniscus derangements, other medial meniscus, unspecified knee M23.34 - Other meniscus derangements, anterior horn of lateral meniscus M23.341 - Other meniscus derangements, anterior horn of lateral meniscus, right knee M23.342 - Other meniscus derangements, anterior horn of lateral meniscus, left knee M23.349 - Other meniscus derangements, anterior horn of lateral meniscus, unspecified knee M23.35 - Other meniscus derangements, posterior horn of lateral meniscus M23.351 - Other meniscus derangements, posterior horn of lateral meniscus, right knee M23.352 - Other meniscus derangements, posterior horn of lateral meniscus, left knee M23.359 - Other meniscus derangements, posterior horn of lateral meniscus, unspecified knee M23.36 - Other meniscus derangements, other lateral meniscus M23.361 - Other meniscus derangements, other lateral meniscus, right knee M23.362 - Other meniscus derangements, other lateral meniscus, left knee M23.369 - Other meniscus derangements, other lateral meniscus, unspecified knee M23.4 - Loose body in knee M23.40 - Loose body in knee, unspecified knee M23.41 - Loose body in knee, right knee M23.42 - Loose body in knee, left knee M23.5 - Chronic instability of knee M23.50 - Chronic instability of knee, unspecified knee M23.51 - Chronic instability of knee, right knee M23.52 - Chronic instability of knee, left knee M23.6 - Other spontaneous disruption of ligament(s) of knee M23.60 - Other spontaneous disruption of unspecified ligament of knee M23.601 - Other spontaneous disruption of unspecified ligament of right knee M23.602 - Other spontaneous disruption of unspecified ligament of left knee M23.609 - Other spontaneous disruption of unspecified ligament of unspecified knee M23.61 - Other spontaneous disruption of anterior cruciate ligament of knee M23.611 - Other spontaneous disruption of anterior cruciate ligament of right knee M23.612 - Other spontaneous disruption of anterior cruciate ligament of left knee M23.619 - Other spontaneous disruption of anterior cruciate ligament of unspecified knee M23.62 - Other spontaneous disruption of posterior cruciate ligament of knee M23.621 - Other spontaneous disruption of posterior cruciate ligament of right knee M23.622 - Other spontaneous disruption of posterior cruciate ligament of left knee M23.629 - Other spontaneous disruption of posterior cruciate ligament of unspecified knee M23.63 - Other spontaneous disruption of medial collateral ligament of knee M23.631 - Other spontaneous disruption of medial collateral ligament of right knee M23.632 - Other spontaneous disruption of medial collateral ligament of left knee M23.639 - Other spontaneous disruption of medial collateral ligament of unspecified knee M23.64 - Other spontaneous disruption of lateral collateral ligament of knee M23.641 - Other spontaneous disruption of lateral collateral ligament of right knee M23.642 - Other spontaneous disruption of lateral collateral ligament of left knee M23.649 - Other spontaneous disruption of lateral collateral ligament of unspecified knee M23.67 - Other spontaneous disruption of capsular ligament of knee M23.671 - Other spontaneous disruption of capsular ligament of right knee M23.672 - Other spontaneous disruption of capsular ligament of left knee M23.679 - Other spontaneous disruption of capsular ligament of unspecified knee M23.8 - Other internal derangements of knee M23.8X - Other internal derangements of knee M23.8X1 - Other internal derangements of right knee M23.8X2 - Other internal derangements of left knee M23.8X9 - Other internal derangements of unspecified knee M23.9 - Unspecified internal derangement of knee M23.90 - Unspecified internal derangement of unspecified knee M23.91 - Unspecified internal derangement of right knee M23.92 - Unspecified internal derangement of left knee

About ICD-10-CM Code M23 (Internal derangement of knee)

ICD-10-CM code M23 is a billable or specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes. The 2025 edition of ICD-10-CM M23 became effective on October 1, 2024.

This page provides detailed information about M23 - Internal derangement of knee. It includes common terminology, coding guidelines such as "Includes," "Excludes1," and "Excludes2" notes, and information on required 7th characters. Utilizing this information correctly is essential for accurate medical coding and claims submission for conditions like Internal derangement of knee.