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
  • M62.50

    Muscle wasting and atrophy, not elsewhere classified, unspecified site

  • M62.51

    Muscle wasting and atrophy, not elsewhere classified, shoulder

  • M62.511

    Muscle wasting and atrophy, not elsewhere classified, right shoulder

  • M62.512

    Muscle wasting and atrophy, not elsewhere classified, left shoulder

  • M62.519

    Muscle wasting and atrophy, not elsewhere classified, unspecified shoulder

  • M62.52

    Muscle wasting and atrophy, not elsewhere classified, upper arm

  • M62.521

    Muscle wasting and atrophy, not elsewhere classified, right upper arm

  • M62.522

    Muscle wasting and atrophy, not elsewhere classified, left upper arm

  • M62.529

    Muscle wasting and atrophy, not elsewhere classified, unspecified upper arm

  • M62.53

    Muscle wasting and atrophy, not elsewhere classified, forearm

  • M62.531

    Muscle wasting and atrophy, not elsewhere classified, right forearm

  • M62.532

    Muscle wasting and atrophy, not elsewhere classified, left forearm

  • M62.539

    Muscle wasting and atrophy, not elsewhere classified, unspecified forearm

  • M62.54

    Muscle wasting and atrophy, not elsewhere classified, hand

  • M62.541

    Muscle wasting and atrophy, not elsewhere classified, right hand

  • M62.542

    Muscle wasting and atrophy, not elsewhere classified, left hand

  • M62.549

    Muscle wasting and atrophy, not elsewhere classified, unspecified hand

  • M62.55

    Muscle wasting and atrophy, not elsewhere classified, thigh

  • M62.551

    Muscle wasting and atrophy, not elsewhere classified, right thigh

  • M62.552

    Muscle wasting and atrophy, not elsewhere classified, left thigh

  • M62.559

    Muscle wasting and atrophy, not elsewhere classified, unspecified thigh

  • M62.56

    Muscle wasting and atrophy, not elsewhere classified, lower leg

  • M62.561

    Muscle wasting and atrophy, not elsewhere classified, right lower leg

  • M62.562

    Muscle wasting and atrophy, not elsewhere classified, left lower leg

  • M62.569

    Muscle wasting and atrophy, not elsewhere classified, unspecified lower leg

  • M62.57

    Muscle wasting and atrophy, not elsewhere classified, ankle and foot

  • M62.571

    Muscle wasting and atrophy, not elsewhere classified, right ankle and foot

  • M62.572

    Muscle wasting and atrophy, not elsewhere classified, left ankle and foot

  • M62.579

    Muscle wasting and atrophy, not elsewhere classified, unspecified ankle and foot

  • M62.58

    Muscle wasting and atrophy, not elsewhere classified, other site

  • M62.59

    Muscle wasting and atrophy, not elsewhere classified, multiple sites

  • M62.5A

    Muscle wasting and atrophy, not elsewhere classified, back

  • M62.5A0

    Muscle wasting and atrophy, not elsewhere classified, back, cervical

  • M62.5A1

    Muscle wasting and atrophy, not elsewhere classified, back, thoracic

  • M62.5A2

    Muscle wasting and atrophy, not elsewhere classified, back, lumbosacral

  • M62.5A9

    Muscle wasting and atrophy, not elsewhere classified, back, unspecified level

  • M62.8

    Other specified disorders of muscle

  • M62.81

    Muscle weakness (generalized)

  • M62.82

    Rhabdomyolysis

  • M62.83

    Muscle spasm

  • M62.830

    Muscle spasm of back

  • M62.831

    Muscle spasm of calf

  • M62.838

    Other muscle spasm

  • M62.84

    Sarcopenia

  • M62.85

    Dysfunction of the multifidus muscles, lumbar region

  • M62.89

    Other specified disorders of muscle

  • M62.9

    Disorder of muscle, unspecified

  • M63

    Disorders of muscle in diseases classified elsewhere

  • M63.8

    Disorders of muscle in diseases classified elsewhere

  • M63.80

    Disorders of muscle in diseases classified elsewhere, unspecified site

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