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
  • M50.822

    Other cervical disc disorders at C5-C6 level

  • M50.823

    Other cervical disc disorders at C6-C7 level

  • M50.83

    Other cervical disc disorders, cervicothoracic region

  • M50.9

    Cervical disc disorder, unspecified

  • M50.90

    Cervical disc disorder, unspecified, unspecified cervical region

  • M50.91

    Cervical disc disorder, unspecified, high cervical region

  • M50.92

    Cervical disc disorder, unspecified, mid-cervical region

  • M50.920

    Unspecified cervical disc disorder, mid-cervical region, unspecified level

  • M50.921

    Unspecified cervical disc disorder at C4-C5 level

  • M50.922

    Unspecified cervical disc disorder at C5-C6 level

  • M50.923

    Unspecified cervical disc disorder at C6-C7 level

  • M50.93

    Cervical disc disorder, unspecified, cervicothoracic region

  • M51

    Thoracic, thoracolumbar, and lumbosacral intervertebral disc disorders

  • M51.0

    Thoracic, thoracolumbar and lumbosacral intervertebral disc disorders with myelopathy

  • M51.04

    Intervertebral disc disorders with myelopathy, thoracic region

  • M51.05

    Intervertebral disc disorders with myelopathy, thoracolumbar region

  • M51.06

    Intervertebral disc disorders with myelopathy, lumbar region

  • M51.1

    Thoracic, thoracolumbar and lumbosacral intervertebral disc disorders with radiculopathy

  • M51.14

    Intervertebral disc disorders with radiculopathy, thoracic region

  • M51.15

    Intervertebral disc disorders with radiculopathy, thoracolumbar region

  • M51.16

    Intervertebral disc disorders with radiculopathy, lumbar region

  • M51.17

    Intervertebral disc disorders with radiculopathy, lumbosacral region

  • M51.2

    Other thoracic, thoracolumbar and lumbosacral intervertebral disc displacement

  • M51.24

    Other intervertebral disc displacement, thoracic region

  • M51.25

    Other intervertebral disc displacement, thoracolumbar region

  • M51.26

    Other intervertebral disc displacement, lumbar region

  • M51.27

    Other intervertebral disc displacement, lumbosacral region

  • M51.3

    Other thoracic, thoracolumbar and lumbosacral intervertebral disc degeneration

  • M51.34

    Other intervertebral disc degeneration, thoracic region

  • M51.35

    Other intervertebral disc degeneration, thoracolumbar region

  • M51.36

    Other intervertebral disc degeneration, lumbar region

  • M51.360

    Other intervertebral disc degeneration, lumbar region with discogenic back pain only

  • M51.361

    Other intervertebral disc degeneration, lumbar region with lower extremity pain only

  • M51.362

    Other intervertebral disc degeneration, lumbar region with discogenic back pain and lower extremity pain

  • M51.369

    Other intervertebral disc degeneration, lumbar region without mention of lumbar back pain or lower extremity pain

  • M51.37

    Other intervertebral disc degeneration, lumbosacral region

  • M51.370

    Other intervertebral disc degeneration, lumbosacral region with discogenic back pain only

  • M51.371

    Other intervertebral disc degeneration, lumbosacral region with lower extremity pain only

  • M51.372

    Other intervertebral disc degeneration, lumbosacral region with discogenic back pain and lower extremity pain

  • M51.379

    Other intervertebral disc degeneration, lumbosacral region without mention of lumbar back pain or lower extremity pain

  • M51.4

    Schmorl's nodes

  • M51.44

    Schmorl's nodes, thoracic region

  • M51.45

    Schmorl's nodes, thoracolumbar region

  • M51.46

    Schmorl's nodes, lumbar region

  • M51.47

    Schmorl's nodes, lumbosacral region

  • M51.8

    Other thoracic, thoracolumbar and lumbosacral intervertebral disc disorders

  • M51.84

    Other intervertebral disc disorders, thoracic region

  • M51.85

    Other intervertebral disc disorders, thoracolumbar region

  • M51.86

    Other intervertebral disc disorders, lumbar region

  • M51.87

    Other intervertebral disc disorders, lumbosacral region

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