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717.6 - Loose Body In Knee


The ICD 9 Code for Loose body in knee is listed as 717.6.
Additional information concerning this code and description can be found below including ICD 10 crosswalks / GEMS, and chapter information where available.
ICD 9 CM Field Value
Diagnosis Code: 717.6
Long Description: Loose body in knee
Short Description: Loose body in knee
Chapter: Diseases Of The Musculoskeletal System And Connective Tissue
Block: Arthropathies And Related Disorders (710-719)
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD-10-CM Code: M23.40 - Loose body in knee, unspecified knee (approximate)
ICD-9-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of 717.6:
717.0 - Old bucket handle tear of medial meniscus
717.1 - Derangement of anterior horn of medial meniscus
717.2 - Derangement of posterior horn of medial meniscus
717.3 - Other and unspecified derangement of medial meniscus
717.5 - Derangement of meniscus, not elsewhere classified
717.7 - Chondromalacia of patella
717.9 - Unspecified internal derangement of knee