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Chapter 13

Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue

M00-M99

This chapter covers the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue, including arthritis, osteoporosis, and dorsopathies, and is one of the more site- and laterality-intensive chapters in ICD-10-CM. Pathological fractures in this chapter follow an encounter-type convention similar to traumatic fractures elsewhere in the classification.

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