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. Code separately if applicable.)
  • 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
  • M94.219

    Chondromalacia, unspecified shoulder

  • M94.221

    Chondromalacia, right elbow

  • M94.222

    Chondromalacia, left elbow

  • M94.229

    Chondromalacia, unspecified elbow

  • M94.231

    Chondromalacia, right wrist

  • M94.232

    Chondromalacia, left wrist

  • M94.239

    Chondromalacia, unspecified wrist

  • M94.241

    Chondromalacia, joints of right hand

  • M94.242

    Chondromalacia, joints of left hand

  • M94.249

    Chondromalacia, joints of unspecified hand

  • M94.251

    Chondromalacia, right hip

  • M94.252

    Chondromalacia, left hip

  • M94.259

    Chondromalacia, unspecified hip

  • M94.261

    Chondromalacia, right knee

  • M94.262

    Chondromalacia, left knee

  • M94.269

    Chondromalacia, unspecified knee

  • M94.271

    Chondromalacia, right ankle and joints of right foot

  • M94.272

    Chondromalacia, left ankle and joints of left foot

  • M94.279

    Chondromalacia, unspecified ankle and joints of foot

  • M94.28

    Chondromalacia, other site

  • M94.29

    Chondromalacia, multiple sites

  • M94.351

    Chondrolysis, right hip

  • M94.352

    Chondrolysis, left hip

  • M94.359

    Chondrolysis, unspecified hip

  • M94.8X0

    Other specified disorders of cartilage, multiple sites

  • M94.8X1

    Other specified disorders of cartilage, shoulder

  • M94.8X2

    Other specified disorders of cartilage, upper arm

  • M94.8X3

    Other specified disorders of cartilage, forearm

  • M94.8X4

    Other specified disorders of cartilage, hand

  • M94.8X5

    Other specified disorders of cartilage, thigh

  • M94.8X6

    Other specified disorders of cartilage, lower leg

  • M94.8X7

    Other specified disorders of cartilage, ankle and foot

  • M94.8X8

    Other specified disorders of cartilage, other site

  • M94.8X9

    Other specified disorders of cartilage, unspecified sites

  • M94.9

    Disorder of cartilage, unspecified

  • M95.0

    Acquired deformity of nose

  • M95.10

    Cauliflower ear, unspecified ear

  • M95.11

    Cauliflower ear, right ear

  • M95.12

    Cauliflower ear, left ear

  • M95.2

    Other acquired deformity of head

  • M95.3

    Acquired deformity of neck

  • M95.4

    Acquired deformity of chest and rib

  • M95.5

    Acquired deformity of pelvis

  • M95.8

    Other specified acquired deformities of musculoskeletal system

  • M95.9

    Acquired deformity of musculoskeletal system, unspecified

  • M96.0

    Pseudarthrosis after fusion or arthrodesis

  • M96.1

    Postlaminectomy syndrome, not elsewhere classified

  • M96.2

    Postradiation kyphosis

  • M96.3

    Postlaminectomy kyphosis

  • M96.4

    Postsurgical lordosis

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