M30-M36

Non-Billable

ChapterM00–M99

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Official Description

Systemic connective tissue disorders (M30-M36)

Metadata & Insights

•2026 ICD-10-CM Edition - Effective October 1, 2025.
•Non-billable category (requires more specific sub-code).
•Chapter 13: Diseases of the Musculoskeletal System and Connective Tissue (M00-M99).

Excludes2(Not included here)

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)

Includes

Excludes1(Not coded here)

autoimmune disease, single organ or single cell-type -code to relevant condition category

CH13Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00-M99)

M30-M36Systemic connective tissue disorders (M30-M36)

M30Polyarteritis nodosa and related conditions

M31Other necrotizing vasculopathies

M32Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)

M33Dermatopolymyositis

M34Systemic sclerosis [scleroderma]

M35Other systemic involvement of connective tissue

M36Systemic disorders of connective tissue in diseases classified elsewhere

The following parent sections contain instructions or notes that apply to M30-M36:

chapterCH13

Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00-M99)

2026

No direct MS-DRG triggers identified.

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