Systemic disorders of connective tissue in diseases classified elsewhere
Non-billable header
M36 is a non-billable header code. Use one of the more specific codes below.
Inclusion terms
Includes
- autoimmune disease NOS
- collagen (vascular) disease NOS
- systemic autoimmune disease
- systemic collagen (vascular) disease
- Note: Use an external cause code following the code for the musculoskeletal condition, if applicable, to identify the cause of the musculoskeletal condition
Excludes1
Not coded here — never report together with this code.
- autoimmune disease, single organ or single cell-type -code to relevant condition category
Excludes2
Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.
- 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)
- arthropathies in diseases classified elsewhere (M14.-)
More specific codes M36
- M36.0Dermato(poly)myositis in neoplastic diseaseBillable
- M36.1Arthropathy in neoplastic diseaseBillable
- M36.2Hemophilic arthropathyBillable
- M36.3Arthropathy in other blood disordersBillable
- M36.4Arthropathy in hypersensitivity reactions classified elsewhereBillable
- M36.8Systemic disorders of connective tissue in other diseases classified elsewhereBillable