M36
M36: Systemic disorders of connective tissue in diseases classified elsewhere
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
M36 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for systemic disorders of connective tissue in diseases classified elsewhere. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Excludes2: not included here, but may coexist
The excluded condition is not part of this code, but a patient can have both. You may code both.
- arthropathies in diseases classified elsewhere (M14.-)
Other codes that can never be billed with M36
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
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 M36
6 child codes. Green means billable.
- M36.0Dermato(poly)myositis in neoplastic disease
- M36.1Arthropathy in neoplastic disease
- M36.2Hemophilic arthropathy
- M36.3Arthropathy in other blood disorders
- M36.4Arthropathy in hypersensitivity reactions classified elsewhere
- M36.8Systemic disorders of connective tissue in other diseases classified elsewhere