Musculoskeletal Diseases
Arthritis, bone diseases, fibromyalgia, and other systemic musculoskeletal conditions
All Conditions (127)
AC Separation
DC 5010Arthritis, Atrophic
DC 5002Arthritis, Degenerative (Not Traumatic)
DC 5003Arthritis, Due to Trauma
DC 5010Arthritis, gonorrheal
DC 5004Arthritis, Hypertrophic
DC 5004Arthritis, Osteoarthritis
DC 5009Arthritis, Other
DC 5009Arthritis, Pheumococcic
DC 5005Arthritis, pneumococcic
DC 5005Arthritis, Post-Traumatic Types
DC 5010Arthritis, Psoriatic
DC 5002Arthritis, Rheumatoid
DC 5002Arthritis, streptococcic
DC 5008Arthritis, syphilitic
DC 5007Arthritis, typhoid
DC 5006Autoimmune Arthropathies
DC 5002Avascular Necrosis of the Femoral Head
DC 5010Behcet's Syndrome
DC 5002Benign Neoplasms of the Bone
DC 5015Benign New Growths of the Bone
DC 5015Bone, Benign New Growths
DC 5015Bone, Caisson Disease of
DC 5011Bone Cancer
DC 5012Bone Death
DC 5000Bone Death Due to Radiation
DC 5000Bone Infection
DC 5000Bone, Malignant New Growths of
DC 5012Bones and Joints, tuberculosis
DC 5001Bones, neoplasm, benign
DC 5015Bones, neoplasm, malignant, primary or secondary
DC 5012Bone, Tuberculosis of, Active or Inactive
DC 5001Bursectomy
DC 5019Bursitis
DC 5019Caisson Disease of Bones
DC 5011Calcified Tendonitis
DC 5024Cancer of the Bone
DC 5012Cancer of the Sacral Region
DC 5012Charcot Neuropathic - Arthropathy
DC 5002Chronic Body Pain
DC 5025Clear Cell Sarcoma of Tendons and Aponeuroses
DC 5012Connective Tissue Disease (Joints)
DC 5002Crystalline - Arthropathy
DC 5002Decompression illness
DC 5011Decompression Sickness
DC 5011Degenerative Arthritis
DC 5003Degenerative arthritis, other than post-traumatic
DC 5003Degenerative Joint Disease (DJD)
DC 5010De Quervain’s Disease
DC 5009Dequervain's Tenosynovitis
DC 5024Disease, Caisson
DC 5011Disease, Paget's
DC 5009Dystrophy, Muscular
DC 5010Fibromyalgia
DC 5025Fibromyositis
DC 5025Fibrositis
DC 5025Gonococcal Arthritis
DC 5002Gonorrheal Arthritis
DC 5002Gout
DC 5017Growths, Benign: Bones
DC 5015Growths, Malignant: Bones
DC 5012Heterotopic ossification
DC 5023Hypertrophic Arthritis
DC 5002Hyperuricemia, residual Gout
DC 5017Infrapatellar Bursitis
DC 5019Legg-Calve-Perthes Syndrome
DC 5010Legg-Perthes Disease
DC 5010Malignant Bone Cancers
DC 5012Multi-Joint Arthritis
DC 5002Multi-joint arthritis (except post-traumatic and gout), 2 or more joints, as an active process
DC 5002Muscular Dystrophy
DC 5009Myalgia
DC 5009Myeloma, Multiple
DC 5012Myofascial Pain Syndrome
DC 5009Myofasciitis
DC 5009Myositis
DC 5021Myositis Ossificans
DC 5021Neoplasms, Benign: Bone
DC 5015Neoplasms, Malignant: Bone
DC 5012New Growths, Benign: Bones
DC 5015New Growths, Benign: Joints
DC 5015New growths, Malignant: Bones
DC 5012Non-Cancerous Bone Growth
DC 5015Olecranon Bursitis
DC 5019Osteitis deformans
DC 5016Osteoarthritis
DC 5009Osteochondritis Dissecans
DC 5009Osteochondroma
DC 5009Osteomalacia
DC 5014Osteomalacia, residuals of
DC 5014Osteomyelitis
DC 5000Osteomyelitis, acute, subacute, or chronic
DC 5000Osteonecrosis
DC 5000Osteoporosis
DC 5013Osteoporosis, residuals of
DC 5013Osteoradionecrosis
DC 5000Other specified forms of arthropathy (excluding gout)
DC 5009Paget’s Disease
DC 5019Periarthritis
DC 5010Periostitis
DC 5009Peritendinitis
DC 5009Pneumococcic Arthritis
DC 5002Polyarthritis Destruans
DC 5002Post-traumatic arthritis
DC 5010Primary Fibromyalgia Syndrome
DC 5025Psoriatic Arthritis
DC 5002Reiter’s Syndrome
DC 5002Rheumatoid Arthritis
DC 5002Spondyloarthropathies
DC 5002Streptococcic Arthritis
DC 5008Syndrome: Reiter's
DC 5002Synovitis
DC 5019Syphilitic Arthritis
DC 5007Tendinitis
DC 5024Tendinopathy
DC 5024Tendinosis
DC 5024Tendonitis
DC 5024Tenosynovitis
DC 5024Tenosynovitis, tendinitis, tendinosis or tendinopathy
DC 5024The Bends
DC 5011Traumatic Arthritis
DC 5010Trochanteric Bursitis
DC 5019Tuberculosis of the Bones and Joints
DC 5001Tumor, Benign: Bones
DC 5015Tumor, Benign: Joints
DC 5015Tumor, Malignant: Bone
DC 5012Typhoid Arthritis
DC 5006Showing 127 conditions
Tips for Musculoskeletal Diseases Claims
- Document symptoms thoroughly - Include frequency, duration, and impact on daily activities
- Get a nexus letter - Link your condition to your military service
- Prepare for C&P exam - Know your diagnostic code's rating criteria beforehand
- Claim secondary conditions - Many musculoskeletal diseases conditions cause or aggravate other disabilities
Remember: Secondary conditions are often overlooked but fully ratable. If one body part is wrecked, the parts compensating for it probably aren't far behind.