ICD-10-CM Chapter 13
Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue
Chapter 13 of the 2016 edition of the ICD-10-CM contains ICD codes that cover diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue, in the code range M00-M99.
Code Range | Section Description |
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M00-M02 | Infectious arthropathies |
M05-M14 | Inflammatory polyarthropathies |
M15-M19 | Osteoarthritis |
M20-M25 | Other joint disorders |
M26-M27 | Dentofacial anomalies [including malocclusion] and other disorders of jaw |
M30-M36 | Systemic connective tissue disorders |
M40-M43 | Deforming dorsopathies |
M45-M49 | Spondylopathies |
M50-M54 | Other dorsopathies |
M60-M63 | Disorders of muscles |
M65-M67 | Disorders of synovium and tendon |
M70-M79 | Other soft tissue disorders |
M80-M85 | Disorders of bone density and structure |
M86-M90 | Other osteopathies |
M91-M94 | Chondropathies |
M95 | Other disorders of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue |
M96 | Intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of musculoskeletal system, not elsewhere classified |
M99 | Biomechanical lesions, not elsewhere classified |
Coding Notes for Chapter 13
- Chapter Notes:
- Use an external cause code following the code for the musculoskeletal condition, if applicable, to identify the cause of the musculoskeletal condition
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Chapter Type-2 Excludes:
Type-2 Excludes
Type-2 Excludes means the excluded conditions are different, although they may appear similar. A patient may have both conditions, but one does not include the other. Excludes 2 means "not coded here." - Arthropathic psoriasis - instead, use code L40.5-
- Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period - instead, use Section P04-P96
- Certain infectious and parasitic diseases - instead, use Section A00-B99
- Compartment syndrome (traumatic) - instead, use code T79.A-
- Complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium - instead, use Section O00-O9A
- Congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities - instead, use Section Q00-Q99
- Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases - instead, use Section E00-E88
- Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes - instead, use Section S00-T88
- Neoplasms - instead, use Section C00-D49
- Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified - instead, use Section R00-R94