Wegener's granulomatosis

Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.

A category header for its whole life, FY2016 onwards. It has never been valid for submission on its own.

Submit one of these 2 more specific codes instead:

M31.30 Wegener's granulomatosis without renal involvement
M31.31 Wegener's granulomatosis with renal involvement

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2012 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.

FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Wegener's granulomatosis

Official coding rules

Published by CDC for FY2027. A rule attached to a category binds every code beneath it, so the rules inherited from this code's ancestors are shown with the code they come from.

Inherited from the M30-M36 section Systemic connective tissue disorders (M30-M36)

Excludes1 - never coded here

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

Includes

autoimmune disease NOS
collagen (vascular) disease NOS
systemic autoimmune disease
systemic collagen (vascular) disease

How CDC's index refers to this code

Wording from the official alphabetic index. Much of it appears nowhere in the code description, which is why a search for the everyday phrase so often finds nothing.

Granulomatosis > with polyangiitis

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
M31.0	Hypersensitivity angiitis	Valid
M31.1	Thrombotic microangiopathy	Not billable
M31.2	Lethal midline granuloma	Valid
M31.4	Aortic arch syndrome [Takayasu]	Valid
M31.5	Giant cell arteritis with polymyalgia rheumatica	Valid
M31.6	Other giant cell arteritis	Valid
M31.7	Microscopic polyangiitis	Valid
M31.8	Other specified necrotizing vasculopathies	Valid
M31.9	Necrotizing vasculopathy, unspecified	Valid