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Chapter 13: Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00-M99)

Code Range: M00 — M99 24 Sections FY 2026

This chapter of the ICD-10-CM classification covers diagnosis codes from M00 through M99. Browse the sections below to find specific diagnosis codes within this chapter.

Chapter Notes

  • Use an external cause code following the code for the musculoskeletal condition, if applicable, to identify the cause of the musculoskeletal condition

Excludes2 (not included here):

  • arthropathic psoriasis (L40.5-)
  • certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
  • certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
  • compartment syndrome (traumatic) (T79.A-)
  • complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
  • congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
  • endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
  • injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
  • neoplasms (C00-D49)
  • symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)

Sections

  • M00-M02 Infectious arthropathies (M00-M02)
    325 codes
  • M00-M25 Arthropathies (M00-M25)
  • M04 Autoinflammatory syndromes (M04)
    5 codes
  • M05-M14 Inflammatory polyarthropathies (M05-M14)
    1426 codes
  • M15-M19 Osteoarthritis (M15-M19)
    130 codes
  • M20-M25 Other joint disorders (M20-M25)
    963 codes
  • M26-M27 Dentofacial anomalies [including malocclusion] and other disorders of jaw (M26-M27)
    115 codes
  • M30-M36 Systemic connective tissue disorders (M30-M36)
    101 codes
  • M40-M43 Deforming dorsopathies (M40-M43)
    187 codes
  • M40-M54 Dorsopathies (M40-M54)
  • M45-M49 Spondylopathies (M45-M49)
    241 codes
  • M50-M54 Other dorsopathies (M50-M54)
    167 codes
  • M60-M63 Disorders of muscles (M60-M63)
    556 codes
  • M60-M79 Soft tissue disorders (M60-M79)
  • M65-M67 Disorders of synovium and tendon (M65-M67)
    497 codes
  • M70-M79 Other soft tissue disorders (M70-M79)
    477 codes
  • M80-M85 Disorders of bone density and structure (M80-M85)
    533 codes
  • M80-M94 Osteopathies and chondropathies (M80-M94)
  • M86-M90 Other osteopathies (M86-M90)
    915 codes
  • M91-M94 Chondropathies (M91-M94)
    283 codes
  • M95 Other disorders of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M95)
    12 codes
  • M96 Intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of musculoskeletal system, not elsewhere classified (M96)
    48 codes
  • M97 Periprosthetic fracture around internal prosthetic joint (M97)
    18 codes
  • M99 Biomechanical lesions, not elsewhere classified (M99)
    101 codes

Top-Level Codes in This Chapter

  • M00 Pyogenic arthritis
  • M01 Direct infections of joint in infectious and parasitic diseases classified elsewhere
  • M02 Postinfective and reactive arthropathies
  • M04 Autoinflammatory syndromes
  • M05 Rheumatoid arthritis with rheumatoid factor
  • M06 Other rheumatoid arthritis
  • M07 Enteropathic arthropathies
  • M08 Juvenile arthritis
  • M10 Gout
  • M11 Other crystal arthropathies
  • M12 Other and unspecified arthropathy
  • M13 Other arthritis
  • M14 Arthropathies in other diseases classified elsewhere
  • M15 Polyosteoarthritis
  • M16 Osteoarthritis of hip
  • M17 Osteoarthritis of knee
  • M18 Osteoarthritis of first carpometacarpal joint
  • M19 Other and unspecified osteoarthritis
  • M1A Chronic gout
  • M20 Acquired deformities of fingers and toes
  • M21 Other acquired deformities of limbs
  • M22 Disorder of patella
  • M23 Internal derangement of knee
  • M24 Other specific joint derangements
  • M25 Other joint disorder, not elsewhere classified
  • M26 Dentofacial anomalies [including malocclusion]
  • M27 Other diseases of jaws
  • M30 Polyarteritis nodosa and related conditions
  • M31 Other necrotizing vasculopathies
  • M32 Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)
  • M33 Dermatopolymyositis
  • M34 Systemic sclerosis [scleroderma]
  • M35 Other systemic involvement of connective tissue
  • M36 Systemic disorders of connective tissue in diseases classified elsewhere
  • M40 Kyphosis and lordosis
  • M41 Scoliosis
  • M42 Spinal osteochondrosis
  • M43 Other deforming dorsopathies
  • M45 Ankylosing spondylitis
  • M46 Other inflammatory spondylopathies
  • M47 Spondylosis
  • M48 Other spondylopathies
  • M49 Spondylopathies in diseases classified elsewhere
  • M50 Cervical disc disorders
  • M51 Thoracic, thoracolumbar, and lumbosacral intervertebral disc disorders
  • M53 Other and unspecified dorsopathies, not elsewhere classified
  • M54 Dorsalgia
  • M60 Myositis
  • M61 Calcification and ossification of muscle
  • M62 Other disorders of muscle
  • M63 Disorders of muscle in diseases classified elsewhere
  • M65 Synovitis and tenosynovitis
  • M66 Spontaneous rupture of synovium and tendon
  • M67 Other disorders of synovium and tendon
  • M70 Soft tissue disorders related to use, overuse and pressure
  • M71 Other bursopathies
  • M72 Fibroblastic disorders
  • M75 Shoulder lesions
  • M76 Enthesopathies, lower limb, excluding foot
  • M77 Other enthesopathies
  • M79 Other and unspecified soft tissue disorders, not elsewhere classified
  • M80 Osteoporosis with current pathological fracture
  • M81 Osteoporosis without current pathological fracture
  • M83 Adult osteomalacia
  • M84 Disorder of continuity of bone
  • M85 Other disorders of bone density and structure
  • M86 Osteomyelitis
  • M87 Osteonecrosis
  • M88 Osteitis deformans [Paget's disease of bone]
  • M89 Other disorders of bone
  • M90 Osteopathies in diseases classified elsewhere
  • M91 Juvenile osteochondrosis of hip and pelvis
  • M92 Other juvenile osteochondrosis
  • M93 Other osteochondropathies
  • M94 Other disorders of cartilage
  • M95 Other acquired deformities of musculoskeletal system and connective tissue
  • M96 Intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of musculoskeletal system, not elsewhere classified
  • M97 Periprosthetic fracture around internal prosthetic joint
  • M99 Biomechanical lesions, not elsewhere classified

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