Block in Chapter 13

M30–M36

Systemic connective tissue disorders

Excludes1

Not coded here. The listed conditions generally should not be reported together.

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

Not included here. Both codes may be reported if the patient has both conditions.

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Inherited from Chapter 13 Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue

arthropathic psoriasis (L40.5-)
certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
compartment syndrome (traumatic) (T79.A-)
complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
neoplasms (C00-D49)
symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)

Further defines or gives examples of the content of the category.

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Also from chapter/block level (1 note)

Inherited from Chapter 13 Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue

Use an external cause code following the code for the musculoskeletal condition, if applicable, to identify the cause of the musculoskeletal condition