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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.3

                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS

We hereby consent to the use in this Registration Statement on Form S-1 of dj
Orthopedics, Inc. of our reports dated April 19, 2000 relating to the (i)
combined balance sheets as of December 31, 1999 and 1998, and the related
combined statements of operations and changes in invested equity, and combined
statements of cash flows for the year ended December 31, 1999 and for the period
October 29, 1998 through December 31, 1998 of DePuy Orthopaedic Technology,
Inc., an integrated operation of DePuy, Inc., which is a wholly-owned subsidiary
of Johnson & Johnson; (ii) statements of operations and changes in invested
equity, and statements of cash flows for the period January 1, 1998 through
October 28, 1998 and for the year ended December 31, 1997 of DePuy Orthopaedic
Technology, Inc., an integrated operation of DePuy, Inc.; and (iii) historical
statements of revenues and expenses of the Bracing and Soft Supports Business of
Johnson & Johnson, an integrated operation of Johnson & Johnson, for the period
January 1, 1998 through October 28, 1998 and for the year ended December 31,
1997, which appear in such Registration Statement. We also consent to the
reference to us under the heading "Experts" in such Registration Statement.


                                                PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP


Florham Park, New Jersey
December 7, 2001