djd diagnosis code
ICD-9 coding of DJD I agree with using 715.96 for the knee. I am a physician coder also. I have been taught, if my physician does not specify localized then to default to the unspecified. I was taught to code exactly what the physician says.
Knee DJD ICD-9. 1  715.16 (primary osteoarthritis lower leg) 2  715.26 (secondary osteoarthritis lower leg) 3  714.0 (rheumatoid arthritis)  714.30 (juvenile rheumatoid 1  arthritis) 905.4 (late effect of injury / fracture)