M00-M99

ICD-10-CM Chapter 13: Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue

Chapter 13 of the ICD-10-CM tabular list covers M00-M99. It contains 24 blocks of related categories, listed below with the categories published in each.

Excludes2

Not included here. The condition is not part of this code, but a patient may have both, and both codes may be reported together.

  • 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)

Notes

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

M00-M25Arthropathies

M00-M02Infectious arthropathies

M04Autoinflammatory syndromes

M05-M14Inflammatory polyarthropathies

M15-M19Osteoarthritis

M20-M25Other joint disorders

M26-M27Dentofacial anomalies [including malocclusion] and other disorders of jaw

M30-M36Systemic connective tissue disorders

M40-M54Dorsopathies

M40-M43Deforming dorsopathies

M45-M49Spondylopathies

M50-M54Other dorsopathies

M60-M79Soft tissue disorders

M60-M63Disorders of muscles

M65-M67Disorders of synovium and tendon

M70-M79Other soft tissue disorders

M80-M94Osteopathies and chondropathies

M80-M85Disorders of bone density and structure

M86-M90Other osteopathies

M91-M94Chondropathies

M95Other disorders of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue

M96Intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of musculoskeletal system, not elsewhere classified

M97Periprosthetic fracture around internal prosthetic joint

M99Biomechanical lesions, not elsewhere classified

Source

ICD-10-CM FY2026. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) / National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), “2026 ICD-10-CM Code Descriptions in Tabular Order (icd10cm_order_2026.txt). Download the original file from cms.gov. Public domain (US Government work). Descriptors, billable flags and instructional notes on this page are reproduced from that file without modification. Krasyn adds no clinical guidance.

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