Chapter 13

M00–M99: Diseases of the Musculoskeletal System and Connective Tissue

Diseases of the Musculoskeletal System and Connective Tissue diagnostic classification updated for 2026.

Chapter 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)
Internal Codes
  • M00.00

    Staphylococcal arthritis, unspecified joint

  • M00.011

    Staphylococcal arthritis, right shoulder

  • M00.012

    Staphylococcal arthritis, left shoulder

  • M00.019

    Staphylococcal arthritis, unspecified shoulder

  • M00.021

    Staphylococcal arthritis, right elbow

  • M00.022

    Staphylococcal arthritis, left elbow

  • M00.029

    Staphylococcal arthritis, unspecified elbow

  • M00.031

    Staphylococcal arthritis, right wrist

  • M00.032

    Staphylococcal arthritis, left wrist

  • M00.039

    Staphylococcal arthritis, unspecified wrist

  • M00.041

    Staphylococcal arthritis, right hand

  • M00.042

    Staphylococcal arthritis, left hand

  • M00.049

    Staphylococcal arthritis, unspecified hand

  • M00.051

    Staphylococcal arthritis, right hip

  • M00.052

    Staphylococcal arthritis, left hip

  • M00.059

    Staphylococcal arthritis, unspecified hip

  • M00.061

    Staphylococcal arthritis, right knee

  • M00.062

    Staphylococcal arthritis, left knee

  • M00.069

    Staphylococcal arthritis, unspecified knee

  • M00.071

    Staphylococcal arthritis, right ankle and foot

  • M00.072

    Staphylococcal arthritis, left ankle and foot

  • M00.079

    Staphylococcal arthritis, unspecified ankle and foot

  • M00.08

    Staphylococcal arthritis, vertebrae

  • M00.09

    Staphylococcal polyarthritis

  • M00.10

    Pneumococcal arthritis, unspecified joint

  • M00.111

    Pneumococcal arthritis, right shoulder

  • M00.112

    Pneumococcal arthritis, left shoulder

  • M00.119

    Pneumococcal arthritis, unspecified shoulder

  • M00.121

    Pneumococcal arthritis, right elbow

  • M00.122

    Pneumococcal arthritis, left elbow

  • M00.129

    Pneumococcal arthritis, unspecified elbow

  • M00.131

    Pneumococcal arthritis, right wrist

  • M00.132

    Pneumococcal arthritis, left wrist

  • M00.139

    Pneumococcal arthritis, unspecified wrist

  • M00.141

    Pneumococcal arthritis, right hand

  • M00.142

    Pneumococcal arthritis, left hand

  • M00.149

    Pneumococcal arthritis, unspecified hand

  • M00.151

    Pneumococcal arthritis, right hip

  • M00.152

    Pneumococcal arthritis, left hip

  • M00.159

    Pneumococcal arthritis, unspecified hip

  • M00.161

    Pneumococcal arthritis, right knee

  • M00.162

    Pneumococcal arthritis, left knee

  • M00.169

    Pneumococcal arthritis, unspecified knee

  • M00.171

    Pneumococcal arthritis, right ankle and foot

  • M00.172

    Pneumococcal arthritis, left ankle and foot

  • M00.179

    Pneumococcal arthritis, unspecified ankle and foot

  • M00.18

    Pneumococcal arthritis, vertebrae

  • M00.19

    Pneumococcal polyarthritis

  • M00.20

    Other streptococcal arthritis, unspecified joint

  • M00.211

    Other streptococcal arthritis, right shoulder

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