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M34.8

M34.8: Other forms of systemic sclerosis

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

M34.8 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for other forms of systemic sclerosis. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above M34.8

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on M34: Systemic sclerosis [scleroderma]

  • circumscribed scleroderma (L94.0)
  • neonatal scleroderma (P83.88)

Other codes that can never be billed with M34.8

Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.

  • G63Polyneuropathy in diseases classified elsewhere
  • G73.7Myopathy in diseases classified elsewhere
  • J99Respiratory disorders in diseases classified elsewhere
  • L93Lupus erythematosus

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Code to one of these instead M34.8

4 child codes. Green means billable.

Other codes under M34

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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