Specific code 2015 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 710.0
Systemic lupus erythematosus
  • 2015
  • Billable Thru Sept 30/2015
  • Non-Billable On/After Oct 1/2015

  • ICD-9-CM 710.0 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 710.0 should only be used for claims with a date of service on or before September 30, 2015. For claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015, use an equivalent ICD-10-CM code (or codes).
Convert to ICD-10-CM: 710.0 converts approximately to:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM M32.10 Systemic lupus erythematosus, organ or system involvement unspecified
Approximate Synonyms
  • Anemia hemolytic, associated with sle
  • Drug induced SLE
  • Drug-induced systemic lupus erythematosus
  • Endocarditis due to systemic lupus erythematosus
  • Endocarditis in sle
  • Endocarditis in sle (systemic lupus erythematosus)
  • Glomerular disease due to systemic lupus erythematosus
  • Glomerular disease in SLE
  • Glomerular disease in systemic lupus erythematosus
  • Hemolytic anemia assoc w SLE
  • Hemolytic anemia associated with systemic lupus erythematosus
  • Hemolytic anemia with Systemic lupus erythematosus
  • Inflammatory myopathy due to lupus
  • Inflammatory myopathy due to SLE
  • Lung disease with systemic lupus erythematosus
  • Lupus erythematosus, systemic
  • Lupus nephritis
  • Lupus, unspecified drug induced
  • Myopathy due to disseminated lupus erythematosus
  • Nephropathy due to systemic lupus erythematosus
  • Nonbacterial verrucal endocardiosis
  • Pericarditis due to systemic lupus erythematosis
  • Polyneuropathy in disseminated lupus erythematosus
  • Polyneuropathy w lupus
  • Sle (systemic lupus erythematosis) in remission
  • Sle (systemic lupus erythematosis) with myopathy
  • SLE (Systemic lupus erythematosus)
  • SLE (systemic lupus erythematosus) with nephropathy
  • SLE (systemic lupus erythematosus) with nephrosis
  • SLE (systemic lupus erythematosus) with pericarditis
  • SLE glomerulonephritis syndrome
  • SLE in remission
  • SLE w endocarditis
  • SLE w lung involvement
  • SLE w nephritis
  • SLE w nephropathy
  • SLE w nephrosis
  • SLE w nephrotic syndrome
  • SLE w pericarditis
  • SLE w polyneuropathy
  • SLE with nephrotic syndrome
  • Systemic lupus erythematosis (sle)
  • Systemic lupus erythematosis (SLE) with polyneuropathy
  • Systemic lupus erythematosus (sle)
  • Systemic lupus erythematosus (sle) with endocarditis
  • Systemic lupus erythematosus (sle) with polyneuropathy
  • Systemic lupus erythematosus glomerulonephritis syndrome (disorder)
  • Systemic lupus erythematosus in remission
  • Systemic lupus erythematosus w/ lung involvement
  • Systemic lupus erythematosus with endocarditis
  • Systemic lupus erythematosus with nephropathy
  • Systemic lupus erythematosus with nephrosis
  • Systemic lupus erythematosus with nephrotic syndrom
  • Systemic lupus erythematosus with pericarditis
  • Systemic lupus, with glomerulonephritis (gn)
Clinical Information
  • A chronic inflammatory connective tissue disease marked by skin rashes, joint pain and swelling, inflammation of the kidneys, inflammation of the fibrous tissue surrounding the heart (i.e., the pericardium), as well as other problems. Not all affected individuals display all of these problems
  • Chronic, relapsing, inflammatory, and often febrile multisystemic disorder of connective tissue, characterized principally by involvement of the skin, joints, kidneys, and serosal membranes; it is of unknown etiology, but is thought to represent a failure of the regulatory mechanisms of the autoimmune system; the disease is marked by a wide range of system dysfunctions, an elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate, and the formation of le cells in the blood or bone marrow
710.0 Excludes
  • lupus erythematosus (discoid) NOS (695.4)
Applies To
  • Disseminated lupus erythematosus
  • Libman-Sacks disease
Use Additional
  • Use additional code to identify manifestation, as:
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 710.0:
  • Lupus 710.0
    • Cazenave's (erythematosus) 695.4
    • disseminated 710.0
    • erythematodes (discoid) (local) 695.4
    • erythematosus (discoid) (local) 695.4
      • disseminated 710.0
      • eyelid 373.34
      • systemic 710.0
        • with
          • encephalitis 710.0 [323.81]
          • lung involvement 710.0 [517.8]
        • inhibitor (presence of) 795.79
          • with hypercoagulable state 289.81
    • hydralazine
      • correct substance properly administered 695.4
      • overdose or wrong substance given or taken 972.6
    • miliaris disseminatus faciei 017.0
    • nontuberculous, not disseminated 695.4
    • pernio (Besnier) 135
    • tuberculous (see also Tuberculosis) 017.0
  • Phenomenon
    • L. E. cell 710.0
    • lupus erythematosus cell 710.0
  • System, systemic - see also condition
    • lupus erythematosus 710.0
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