M35.0

M35.0: Sjogren syndrome

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

M35.0 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for sjogren syndrome. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Excludes1: never code together

These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.

dry mouth, unspecified (R68.2)

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Add a secondary code to capture the detail described below.

code to identify associated manifestations

Inclusion terms

Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.

Sicca syndrome

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above M35.0

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on M35: Other systemic involvement of connective tissue

reactive perforating collagenosis (L87.1)

Other codes that can never be billed with M35.0

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

G73.7Myopathy in diseases classified elsewhere
H16.22Keratoconjunctivitis sicca, not specified as Sjogren's
J99Respiratory disorders in diseases classified elsewhere
K11.8Other diseases of salivary glands
N16Renal tubulo-interstitial disorders in diseases classified elsewhere
R68.2Dry mouth, unspecified

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 M35.0

13 child codes. Green means billable.