M95

Non-Billable
ChapterM00–M99
Rankcategory
Official Description

Other acquired deformities of musculoskeletal system and connective tissue

Metadata & Insights
  • 2026 ICD-10-CM Edition - Effective October 1, 2025.
  • Non-billable category (requires more specific sub-code).
  • Chapter 13: Diseases of the Musculoskeletal System and Connective Tissue (M00-M99).

CH13 Parent Instructions

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)

Instructional Notes

Excludes2(Not included here)
  • acquired absence of limbs and organs (Z89-Z90)
  • acquired deformities of limbs (M20-M21)
  • congenital malformations and deformations of the musculoskeletal system (Q65-Q79)
  • deforming dorsopathies (M40-M43)
  • dentofacial anomalies [including malocclusion] (M26.-)
  • postprocedural musculoskeletal disorders (M96.-)

Clinical Hierarchy

CH13Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00-M99)
M95Other acquired deformities of musculoskeletal system and connective tissue
M95.0Acquired deformity of nose
M95.1Cauliflower ear
M95.2Other acquired deformity of head
M95.3Acquired deformity of neck
M95.4Acquired deformity of chest and rib
M95.5Acquired deformity of pelvis
M95.8Other specified acquired deformities of musculoskeletal system
M95.9Acquired deformity of musculoskeletal system, unspecified

Applicable Ancestor Context

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chapterCH13
Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00-M99)
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2026

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