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M32

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)

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 4 more specific codes instead:

  • M32.0 Drug-induced systemic lupus erythematosus
  • M32.1 Systemic lupus erythematosus with organ or system involvement (also a header)
  • M32.8 Other forms of systemic lupus erythematosus
  • M32.9 Systemic lupus erythematosus, unspecified

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.

  1. FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)

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.

This code

Excludes1 - never coded here

  • lupus erythematosus (discoid) (NOS) (L93.0)

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.