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
  • M08.4

    Pauciarticular juvenile rheumatoid arthritis

  • M08.40

    Pauciarticular juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, unspecified site

  • M08.41

    Pauciarticular juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, shoulder

  • M08.411

    Pauciarticular juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, right shoulder

  • M08.412

    Pauciarticular juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, left shoulder

  • M08.419

    Pauciarticular juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, unspecified shoulder

  • M08.42

    Pauciarticular juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, elbow

  • M08.421

    Pauciarticular juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, right elbow

  • M08.422

    Pauciarticular juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, left elbow

  • M08.429

    Pauciarticular juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, unspecified elbow

  • M08.43

    Pauciarticular juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, wrist

  • M08.431

    Pauciarticular juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, right wrist

  • M08.432

    Pauciarticular juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, left wrist

  • M08.439

    Pauciarticular juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, unspecified wrist

  • M08.44

    Pauciarticular juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, hand

  • M08.441

    Pauciarticular juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, right hand

  • M08.442

    Pauciarticular juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, left hand

  • M08.449

    Pauciarticular juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, unspecified hand

  • M08.45

    Pauciarticular juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, hip

  • M08.451

    Pauciarticular juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, right hip

  • M08.452

    Pauciarticular juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, left hip

  • M08.459

    Pauciarticular juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, unspecified hip

  • M08.46

    Pauciarticular juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, knee

  • M08.461

    Pauciarticular juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, right knee

  • M08.462

    Pauciarticular juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, left knee

  • M08.469

    Pauciarticular juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, unspecified knee

  • M08.47

    Pauciarticular juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, ankle and foot

  • M08.471

    Pauciarticular juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, right ankle and foot

  • M08.472

    Pauciarticular juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, left ankle and foot

  • M08.479

    Pauciarticular juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, unspecified ankle and foot

  • M08.48

    Pauciarticular juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, vertebrae

  • M08.4A

    Pauciarticular juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, other specified site

  • M08.8

    Other juvenile arthritis

  • M08.80

    Other juvenile arthritis, unspecified site

  • M08.81

    Other juvenile arthritis, shoulder

  • M08.811

    Other juvenile arthritis, right shoulder

  • M08.812

    Other juvenile arthritis, left shoulder

  • M08.819

    Other juvenile arthritis, unspecified shoulder

  • M08.82

    Other juvenile arthritis, elbow

  • M08.821

    Other juvenile arthritis, right elbow

  • M08.822

    Other juvenile arthritis, left elbow

  • M08.829

    Other juvenile arthritis, unspecified elbow

  • M08.83

    Other juvenile arthritis, wrist

  • M08.831

    Other juvenile arthritis, right wrist

  • M08.832

    Other juvenile arthritis, left wrist

  • M08.839

    Other juvenile arthritis, unspecified wrist

  • M08.84

    Other juvenile arthritis, hand

  • M08.841

    Other juvenile arthritis, right hand

  • M08.842

    Other juvenile arthritis, left hand

  • M08.849

    Other juvenile arthritis, unspecified hand

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