M32

Non-Billable

ChapterM00–M99

Rankcategory

Official Description

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)

Use a more specific code (3 billable, 1 non-billable)

Metadata & Insights

•Non-billable category (requires more specific sub-code).
•Chapter 13: Diseases of the Musculoskeletal System and Connective Tissue (M00-M99).

Excludes2(Not included here. Code separately if applicable.)

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. Use a different code.)

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

Excludes1(Not coded here. Use a different code.)

BillableHas subcodes

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

M30-M36Systemic connective tissue disorders (M30-M36)

M32Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)Not billable

M32.0Drug-induced systemic lupus erythematosusBillable

M32.1Systemic lupus erythematosus with organ or system involvementSubcodes

M32.8Other forms of systemic lupus erythematosusBillable

M32.9Systemic lupus erythematosus, unspecifiedBillable

The following parent sections contain instructions or notes that apply to M32:

Systemic connective tissue disorders (M30-M36)

chapterCH13

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

2026

No direct MS-DRG triggers identified.

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