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
  • M43.11

    Spondylolisthesis, occipito-atlanto-axial region

  • M43.12

    Spondylolisthesis, cervical region

  • M43.13

    Spondylolisthesis, cervicothoracic region

  • M43.14

    Spondylolisthesis, thoracic region

  • M43.15

    Spondylolisthesis, thoracolumbar region

  • M43.16

    Spondylolisthesis, lumbar region

  • M43.17

    Spondylolisthesis, lumbosacral region

  • M43.18

    Spondylolisthesis, sacral and sacrococcygeal region

  • M43.19

    Spondylolisthesis, multiple sites in spine

  • M43.2

    Fusion of spine

  • M43.20

    Fusion of spine, site unspecified

  • M43.21

    Fusion of spine, occipito-atlanto-axial region

  • M43.22

    Fusion of spine, cervical region

  • M43.23

    Fusion of spine, cervicothoracic region

  • M43.24

    Fusion of spine, thoracic region

  • M43.25

    Fusion of spine, thoracolumbar region

  • M43.26

    Fusion of spine, lumbar region

  • M43.27

    Fusion of spine, lumbosacral region

  • M43.28

    Fusion of spine, sacral and sacrococcygeal region

  • M43.3

    Recurrent atlantoaxial dislocation with myelopathy

  • M43.4

    Other recurrent atlantoaxial dislocation

  • M43.5

    Other recurrent vertebral dislocation

  • M43.5X

    Other recurrent vertebral dislocation

  • M43.5X2

    Other recurrent vertebral dislocation, cervical region

  • M43.5X3

    Other recurrent vertebral dislocation, cervicothoracic region

  • M43.5X4

    Other recurrent vertebral dislocation, thoracic region

  • M43.5X5

    Other recurrent vertebral dislocation, thoracolumbar region

  • M43.5X6

    Other recurrent vertebral dislocation, lumbar region

  • M43.5X7

    Other recurrent vertebral dislocation, lumbosacral region

  • M43.5X8

    Other recurrent vertebral dislocation, sacral and sacrococcygeal region

  • M43.5X9

    Other recurrent vertebral dislocation, site unspecified

  • M43.6

    Torticollis

  • M43.8

    Other specified deforming dorsopathies

  • M43.8X

    Other specified deforming dorsopathies

  • M43.8X1

    Other specified deforming dorsopathies, occipito-atlanto-axial region

  • M43.8X2

    Other specified deforming dorsopathies, cervical region

  • M43.8X3

    Other specified deforming dorsopathies, cervicothoracic region

  • M43.8X4

    Other specified deforming dorsopathies, thoracic region

  • M43.8X5

    Other specified deforming dorsopathies, thoracolumbar region

  • M43.8X6

    Other specified deforming dorsopathies, lumbar region

  • M43.8X7

    Other specified deforming dorsopathies, lumbosacral region

  • M43.8X8

    Other specified deforming dorsopathies, sacral and sacrococcygeal region

  • M43.8X9

    Other specified deforming dorsopathies, site unspecified

  • M43.9

    Deforming dorsopathy, unspecified

  • M45

    Ankylosing spondylitis

  • M45.0

    Ankylosing spondylitis of multiple sites in spine

  • M45.1

    Ankylosing spondylitis of occipito-atlanto-axial region

  • M45.2

    Ankylosing spondylitis of cervical region

  • M45.3

    Ankylosing spondylitis of cervicothoracic region

  • M45.4

    Ankylosing spondylitis of thoracic region

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