M96
Intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of musculoskeletal system, not elsewhere classified
Not billable — category only FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
Exclusions 15 never code together
M96code
Excludes2
- arthropathy following intestinal bypass (M02.0-)M02.0-M02.0-M02.0-
- complications of internal orthopedic prosthetic devices, implants and grafts (T84.-)T84.-T84.-T84.-
- disorders associated with osteoporosis (M80)M80M80M80
- periprosthetic fracture around internal prosthetic joint (M97.-)M97.-M97.-M97.-
- presence of functional implants and other devices (Z96-Z97)Z96-Z97Z96-Z97Z96-Z97
M00-M99chapter
Excludes2
- arthropathic psoriasis (L40.5-)L40.5-
- certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)P04-P96
- certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)A00-B99
- compartment syndrome (traumatic) (T79.A-)T79.A-
- complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)O00-O9A
- congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)Q00-Q99
- endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)E00-E88
- injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)S00-T88
- neoplasms (C00-D49)C00-D49
- symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)R00-R94
Excludes2 — not included here, but the patient may have both. Code both when documented.
Instructional notes 1
M00-M99chapter
Notes
- Use an external cause code following the code for the musculoskeletal condition, if applicable, to identify the cause of the musculoskeletal condition
Index entries leading here filed at null
No alphabetic index entry points at this code.
Subordinate codes 9
M96.0 Pseudarthrosis after fusion or arthrodesis M96.1 Postlaminectomy syndrome, not elsewhere classified M96.2 Postradiation kyphosis M96.3 Postlaminectomy kyphosis M96.4 Postsurgical lordosis M96.5 Postradiation scoliosis M96.6 Fx bone following insrt ortho implnt/prosth/bone plt M96.8 Other intraop and postproc comp and disorders of ms sys, NEC M96.A Fx ribs, stern thrx assoc w comprsn chest & cardiopulm resus
Medications 5
21 Intraoperative Complications drugs 41 Bipolar and Related Disorders drugs 10 Feeding and Eating Disorders drugs 65 Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders drugs 19 Trauma and Stressor Related Disorders drugs
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