It's a good thing you brought up ICD9 codes as, insurers do have algorithms that go with codes for many conditions....go out of those lines and the doc has to explain why...improper coding gets claims denied.

And, of course Sjogren's would have a code. It would be with the other autoimmune diseases...in the batch with RA, SLE etc...(just don't mention anything about seronegativity...just plain old Sjogrens Syndrome-so they code it right) There is another disease with 'Sjogren's' in it....Sjogren-Marinesco, which has nothing in common with or anything to do with Sjogrens Syndrome....this is what happens when they name diseases after the guy who discovers them.

I told my doc he could name my disease after himself if he discovers something 'new'....he said he would prefer to be known in perpetuity for something less morbid...go figure.

Now they seem to give the things they discover more generic scientific names....21st century man just has NO imagination.