by Brando Hermiston DDS
Published 3 years ago
Updated 2 years ago
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Disorder of ligament, right hip
251 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes. The 2022 edition of ICD-10-CM M24. 251 became effective on October 1, 2021. This is the American ICD-10-CM version of M24.
As of October 2015, ICD-9 codes are no longer used for medical coding. Instead, use this equivalent ICD-10-CM code, which is an exact match to ICD-9 code 251:
Historical Information for ICD-9 Code 251
Non-Billable means the code is not sufficient justification for admission to an acute care hospital when used a principal diagnosis. Use a child code to capture more detail.