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
  • M49.83

    Spondylopathy in diseases classified elsewhere, cervicothoracic region

  • M49.84

    Spondylopathy in diseases classified elsewhere, thoracic region

  • M49.85

    Spondylopathy in diseases classified elsewhere, thoracolumbar region

  • M49.86

    Spondylopathy in diseases classified elsewhere, lumbar region

  • M49.87

    Spondylopathy in diseases classified elsewhere, lumbosacral region

  • M49.88

    Spondylopathy in diseases classified elsewhere, sacral and sacrococcygeal region

  • M49.89

    Spondylopathy in diseases classified elsewhere, multiple sites in spine

  • M50

    Cervical disc disorders

  • M50.0

    Cervical disc disorder with myelopathy

  • M50.00

    Cervical disc disorder with myelopathy, unspecified cervical region

  • M50.01

    Cervical disc disorder with myelopathy, high cervical region

  • M50.02

    Cervical disc disorder with myelopathy, mid-cervical region

  • M50.020

    Cervical disc disorder with myelopathy, mid-cervical region, unspecified level

  • M50.021

    Cervical disc disorder at C4-C5 level with myelopathy

  • M50.022

    Cervical disc disorder at C5-C6 level with myelopathy

  • M50.023

    Cervical disc disorder at C6-C7 level with myelopathy

  • M50.03

    Cervical disc disorder with myelopathy, cervicothoracic region

  • M50.1

    Cervical disc disorder with radiculopathy

  • M50.10

    Cervical disc disorder with radiculopathy, unspecified cervical region

  • M50.11

    Cervical disc disorder with radiculopathy, high cervical region

  • M50.12

    Cervical disc disorder with radiculopathy, mid-cervical region

  • M50.120

    Mid-cervical disc disorder, unspecified level

  • M50.121

    Cervical disc disorder at C4-C5 level with radiculopathy

  • M50.122

    Cervical disc disorder at C5-C6 level with radiculopathy

  • M50.123

    Cervical disc disorder at C6-C7 level with radiculopathy

  • M50.13

    Cervical disc disorder with radiculopathy, cervicothoracic region

  • M50.2

    Other cervical disc displacement

  • M50.20

    Other cervical disc displacement, unspecified cervical region

  • M50.21

    Other cervical disc displacement, high cervical region

  • M50.22

    Other cervical disc displacement, mid-cervical region

  • M50.220

    Other cervical disc displacement, mid-cervical region, unspecified level

  • M50.221

    Other cervical disc displacement at C4-C5 level

  • M50.222

    Other cervical disc displacement at C5-C6 level

  • M50.223

    Other cervical disc displacement at C6-C7 level

  • M50.23

    Other cervical disc displacement, cervicothoracic region

  • M50.3

    Other cervical disc degeneration

  • M50.30

    Other cervical disc degeneration, unspecified cervical region

  • M50.31

    Other cervical disc degeneration, high cervical region

  • M50.32

    Other cervical disc degeneration, mid-cervical region

  • M50.320

    Other cervical disc degeneration, mid-cervical region, unspecified level

  • M50.321

    Other cervical disc degeneration at C4-C5 level

  • M50.322

    Other cervical disc degeneration at C5-C6 level

  • M50.323

    Other cervical disc degeneration at C6-C7 level

  • M50.33

    Other cervical disc degeneration, cervicothoracic region

  • M50.8

    Other cervical disc disorders

  • M50.80

    Other cervical disc disorders, unspecified cervical region

  • M50.81

    Other cervical disc disorders, high cervical region

  • M50.82

    Other cervical disc disorders, mid-cervical region

  • M50.820

    Other cervical disc disorders, mid-cervical region, unspecified level

  • M50.821

    Other cervical disc disorders at C4-C5 level

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