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
  • M05.852

    Other rheumatoid arthritis with rheumatoid factor of left hip

  • M05.859

    Other rheumatoid arthritis with rheumatoid factor of unspecified hip

  • M05.86

    Other rheumatoid arthritis with rheumatoid factor of knee

  • M05.861

    Other rheumatoid arthritis with rheumatoid factor of right knee

  • M05.862

    Other rheumatoid arthritis with rheumatoid factor of left knee

  • M05.869

    Other rheumatoid arthritis with rheumatoid factor of unspecified knee

  • M05.87

    Other rheumatoid arthritis with rheumatoid factor of ankle and foot

  • M05.871

    Other rheumatoid arthritis with rheumatoid factor of right ankle and foot

  • M05.872

    Other rheumatoid arthritis with rheumatoid factor of left ankle and foot

  • M05.879

    Other rheumatoid arthritis with rheumatoid factor of unspecified ankle and foot

  • M05.89

    Other rheumatoid arthritis with rheumatoid factor of multiple sites

  • M05.8A

    Other rheumatoid arthritis with rheumatoid factor of other specified site

  • M05.9

    Rheumatoid arthritis with rheumatoid factor, unspecified

  • M05.A

    Abnormal rheumatoid factor and anti-citrullinated protein antibody with rheumatoid arthritis

  • M06

    Other rheumatoid arthritis

  • M06.0

    Rheumatoid arthritis without rheumatoid factor

  • M06.00

    Rheumatoid arthritis without rheumatoid factor, unspecified site

  • M06.01

    Rheumatoid arthritis without rheumatoid factor, shoulder

  • M06.011

    Rheumatoid arthritis without rheumatoid factor, right shoulder

  • M06.012

    Rheumatoid arthritis without rheumatoid factor, left shoulder

  • M06.019

    Rheumatoid arthritis without rheumatoid factor, unspecified shoulder

  • M06.02

    Rheumatoid arthritis without rheumatoid factor, elbow

  • M06.021

    Rheumatoid arthritis without rheumatoid factor, right elbow

  • M06.022

    Rheumatoid arthritis without rheumatoid factor, left elbow

  • M06.029

    Rheumatoid arthritis without rheumatoid factor, unspecified elbow

  • M06.03

    Rheumatoid arthritis without rheumatoid factor, wrist

  • M06.031

    Rheumatoid arthritis without rheumatoid factor, right wrist

  • M06.032

    Rheumatoid arthritis without rheumatoid factor, left wrist

  • M06.039

    Rheumatoid arthritis without rheumatoid factor, unspecified wrist

  • M06.04

    Rheumatoid arthritis without rheumatoid factor, hand

  • M06.041

    Rheumatoid arthritis without rheumatoid factor, right hand

  • M06.042

    Rheumatoid arthritis without rheumatoid factor, left hand

  • M06.049

    Rheumatoid arthritis without rheumatoid factor, unspecified hand

  • M06.05

    Rheumatoid arthritis without rheumatoid factor, hip

  • M06.051

    Rheumatoid arthritis without rheumatoid factor, right hip

  • M06.052

    Rheumatoid arthritis without rheumatoid factor, left hip

  • M06.059

    Rheumatoid arthritis without rheumatoid factor, unspecified hip

  • M06.06

    Rheumatoid arthritis without rheumatoid factor, knee

  • M06.061

    Rheumatoid arthritis without rheumatoid factor, right knee

  • M06.062

    Rheumatoid arthritis without rheumatoid factor, left knee

  • M06.069

    Rheumatoid arthritis without rheumatoid factor, unspecified knee

  • M06.07

    Rheumatoid arthritis without rheumatoid factor, ankle and foot

  • M06.071

    Rheumatoid arthritis without rheumatoid factor, right ankle and foot

  • M06.072

    Rheumatoid arthritis without rheumatoid factor, left ankle and foot

  • M06.079

    Rheumatoid arthritis without rheumatoid factor, unspecified ankle and foot

  • M06.08

    Rheumatoid arthritis without rheumatoid factor, vertebrae

  • M06.09

    Rheumatoid arthritis without rheumatoid factor, multiple sites

  • M06.0A

    Rheumatoid arthritis without rheumatoid factor, other specified site

  • M06.1

    Adult-onset Still's disease

  • M06.2

    Rheumatoid bursitis

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