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
  • M48.52XD

    Collapsed vertebra, not elsewhere classified, cervical region, subsequent encounter for fracture with routine healing

  • M48.52XG

    Collapsed vertebra, not elsewhere classified, cervical region, subsequent encounter for fracture with delayed healing

  • M48.52XS

    Collapsed vertebra, not elsewhere classified, cervical region, sequela of fracture

  • M48.53

    Collapsed vertebra, not elsewhere classified, cervicothoracic region

  • M48.53XA

    Collapsed vertebra, not elsewhere classified, cervicothoracic region, initial encounter for fracture

  • M48.53XD

    Collapsed vertebra, not elsewhere classified, cervicothoracic region, subsequent encounter for fracture with routine healing

  • M48.53XG

    Collapsed vertebra, not elsewhere classified, cervicothoracic region, subsequent encounter for fracture with delayed healing

  • M48.53XS

    Collapsed vertebra, not elsewhere classified, cervicothoracic region, sequela of fracture

  • M48.54

    Collapsed vertebra, not elsewhere classified, thoracic region

  • M48.54XA

    Collapsed vertebra, not elsewhere classified, thoracic region, initial encounter for fracture

  • M48.54XD

    Collapsed vertebra, not elsewhere classified, thoracic region, subsequent encounter for fracture with routine healing

  • M48.54XG

    Collapsed vertebra, not elsewhere classified, thoracic region, subsequent encounter for fracture with delayed healing

  • M48.54XS

    Collapsed vertebra, not elsewhere classified, thoracic region, sequela of fracture

  • M48.55

    Collapsed vertebra, not elsewhere classified, thoracolumbar region

  • M48.55XA

    Collapsed vertebra, not elsewhere classified, thoracolumbar region, initial encounter for fracture

  • M48.55XD

    Collapsed vertebra, not elsewhere classified, thoracolumbar region, subsequent encounter for fracture with routine healing

  • M48.55XG

    Collapsed vertebra, not elsewhere classified, thoracolumbar region, subsequent encounter for fracture with delayed healing

  • M48.55XS

    Collapsed vertebra, not elsewhere classified, thoracolumbar region, sequela of fracture

  • M48.56

    Collapsed vertebra, not elsewhere classified, lumbar region

  • M48.56XA

    Collapsed vertebra, not elsewhere classified, lumbar region, initial encounter for fracture

  • M48.56XD

    Collapsed vertebra, not elsewhere classified, lumbar region, subsequent encounter for fracture with routine healing

  • M48.56XG

    Collapsed vertebra, not elsewhere classified, lumbar region, subsequent encounter for fracture with delayed healing

  • M48.56XS

    Collapsed vertebra, not elsewhere classified, lumbar region, sequela of fracture

  • M48.57

    Collapsed vertebra, not elsewhere classified, lumbosacral region

  • M48.57XA

    Collapsed vertebra, not elsewhere classified, lumbosacral region, initial encounter for fracture

  • M48.57XD

    Collapsed vertebra, not elsewhere classified, lumbosacral region, subsequent encounter for fracture with routine healing

  • M48.57XG

    Collapsed vertebra, not elsewhere classified, lumbosacral region, subsequent encounter for fracture with delayed healing

  • M48.57XS

    Collapsed vertebra, not elsewhere classified, lumbosacral region, sequela of fracture

  • M48.58

    Collapsed vertebra, not elsewhere classified, sacral and sacrococcygeal region

  • M48.58XA

    Collapsed vertebra, not elsewhere classified, sacral and sacrococcygeal region, initial encounter for fracture

  • M48.58XD

    Collapsed vertebra, not elsewhere classified, sacral and sacrococcygeal region, subsequent encounter for fracture with routine healing

  • M48.58XG

    Collapsed vertebra, not elsewhere classified, sacral and sacrococcygeal region, subsequent encounter for fracture with delayed healing

  • M48.58XS

    Collapsed vertebra, not elsewhere classified, sacral and sacrococcygeal region, sequela of fracture

  • M48.8

    Other specified spondylopathies

  • M48.8X

    Other specified spondylopathies

  • M48.8X1

    Other specified spondylopathies, occipito-atlanto-axial region

  • M48.8X2

    Other specified spondylopathies, cervical region

  • M48.8X3

    Other specified spondylopathies, cervicothoracic region

  • M48.8X4

    Other specified spondylopathies, thoracic region

  • M48.8X5

    Other specified spondylopathies, thoracolumbar region

  • M48.8X6

    Other specified spondylopathies, lumbar region

  • M48.8X7

    Other specified spondylopathies, lumbosacral region

  • M48.8X8

    Other specified spondylopathies, sacral and sacrococcygeal region

  • M48.8X9

    Other specified spondylopathies, site unspecified

  • M48.9

    Spondylopathy, unspecified

  • M49

    Spondylopathies in diseases classified elsewhere

  • M49.8

    Spondylopathy in diseases classified elsewhere

  • M49.80

    Spondylopathy in diseases classified elsewhere, site unspecified

  • M49.81

    Spondylopathy in diseases classified elsewhere, occipito-atlanto-axial region

  • M49.82

    Spondylopathy in diseases classified elsewhere, cervical region

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