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
  • M47.019

    Anterior spinal artery compression syndromes, site unspecified

  • M47.021

    Vertebral artery compression syndromes, occipito-atlanto-axial region

  • M47.022

    Vertebral artery compression syndromes, cervical region

  • M47.029

    Vertebral artery compression syndromes, site unspecified

  • M47.10

    Other spondylosis with myelopathy, site unspecified

  • M47.11

    Other spondylosis with myelopathy, occipito-atlanto-axial region

  • M47.12

    Other spondylosis with myelopathy, cervical region

  • M47.13

    Other spondylosis with myelopathy, cervicothoracic region

  • M47.14

    Other spondylosis with myelopathy, thoracic region

  • M47.15

    Other spondylosis with myelopathy, thoracolumbar region

  • M47.16

    Other spondylosis with myelopathy, lumbar region

  • M47.20

    Other spondylosis with radiculopathy, site unspecified

  • M47.21

    Other spondylosis with radiculopathy, occipito-atlanto-axial region

  • M47.22

    Other spondylosis with radiculopathy, cervical region

  • M47.23

    Other spondylosis with radiculopathy, cervicothoracic region

  • M47.24

    Other spondylosis with radiculopathy, thoracic region

  • M47.25

    Other spondylosis with radiculopathy, thoracolumbar region

  • M47.26

    Other spondylosis with radiculopathy, lumbar region

  • M47.27

    Other spondylosis with radiculopathy, lumbosacral region

  • M47.28

    Other spondylosis with radiculopathy, sacral and sacrococcygeal region

  • M47.811

    Spondylosis without myelopathy or radiculopathy, occipito-atlanto-axial region

  • M47.812

    Spondylosis without myelopathy or radiculopathy, cervical region

  • M47.813

    Spondylosis without myelopathy or radiculopathy, cervicothoracic region

  • M47.814

    Spondylosis without myelopathy or radiculopathy, thoracic region

  • M47.815

    Spondylosis without myelopathy or radiculopathy, thoracolumbar region

  • M47.816

    Spondylosis without myelopathy or radiculopathy, lumbar region

  • M47.817

    Spondylosis without myelopathy or radiculopathy, lumbosacral region

  • M47.818

    Spondylosis without myelopathy or radiculopathy, sacral and sacrococcygeal region

  • M47.819

    Spondylosis without myelopathy or radiculopathy, site unspecified

  • M47.891

    Other spondylosis, occipito-atlanto-axial region

  • M47.892

    Other spondylosis, cervical region

  • M47.893

    Other spondylosis, cervicothoracic region

  • M47.894

    Other spondylosis, thoracic region

  • M47.895

    Other spondylosis, thoracolumbar region

  • M47.896

    Other spondylosis, lumbar region

  • M47.897

    Other spondylosis, lumbosacral region

  • M47.898

    Other spondylosis, sacral and sacrococcygeal region

  • M47.899

    Other spondylosis, site unspecified

  • M47.9

    Spondylosis, unspecified

  • M48.00

    Spinal stenosis, site unspecified

  • M48.01

    Spinal stenosis, occipito-atlanto-axial region

  • M48.02

    Spinal stenosis, cervical region

  • M48.03

    Spinal stenosis, cervicothoracic region

  • M48.04

    Spinal stenosis, thoracic region

  • M48.05

    Spinal stenosis, thoracolumbar region

  • M48.061

    Spinal stenosis, lumbar region without neurogenic claudication

  • M48.062

    Spinal stenosis, lumbar region with neurogenic claudication

  • M48.07

    Spinal stenosis, lumbosacral region

  • M48.08

    Spinal stenosis, sacral and sacrococcygeal region

  • M48.10

    Ankylosing hyperostosis [Forestier], site unspecified

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