LB74.2

ICD-11 MMS 2026-01

Unstable hip

Description

A condition caused by failure of the hip joint to correctly develop during the antenatal period. This condition is characterised by looseness of the hip joint. This condition may present with dislocation, multidirectional intra-operative instability, abductor insufficiency, or neuromuscular disability.

Index terms

  • Unstable hip
  • congenital dislocatable hip
  • congenital instability of hip joint
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  • congenital preluxation of hip
  • congenital unstable hip
  • predislocation status of hip at birth
  • Unstable hip, unilateral
  • Unstable hip, bilateral

Exclusions from above levels

  • ME80 – Clicking hip
  • http://id.who.int/icd/entity/733825440 – Inborn errors of metabolism

Sibling codes

  • LB74.0 – Developmental dysplasia of hip
  • LB74.1 – Congenital subluxation of hip
  • LB74.3 – Congenital coxa vara
  • LB74.4 – Congenital coxa valga
  • LB74.5 – Wide symphysis pubis
  • LB74.Y – Other specified structural developmental anomalies of pelvic girdle
  • LB74.Z – Structural developmental anomalies of pelvic girdle, unspecified

Foundation entity

Unstable hip – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/502429621

Allowed postcoordination axes

Part of: LB74: Structural developmental anomalies of pelvic girdle › 20: Developmental anomalies