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E08

Diabetes mellitus due to underlying condition

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 9 more specific codes instead:

  • E08.0 Diabetes mellitus due to underlying condition with hyperosmolarity (also a header)
  • E08.1 Diabetes mellitus due to underlying condition with ketoacidosis (also a header)
  • E08.2 Diabetes mellitus due to underlying condition with kidney complications (also a header)
  • E08.3 Diabetes mellitus due to underlying condition with ophthalmic complications (also a header)
  • E08.4 Diabetes mellitus due to underlying condition with neurological complications (also a header)
  • E08.5 Diabetes mellitus due to underlying condition with circulatory complications (also a header)
  • E08.6 Diabetes mellitus due to underlying condition with other specified complications (also a header)
  • E08.8 Diabetes mellitus due to underlying condition with unspecified complications
  • E08.9 Diabetes mellitus due to underlying condition without complications

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 Diabetes mellitus due to underlying condition

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

  • drug or chemical induced diabetes mellitus (E09.-)
  • gestational diabetes (O24.4-)
  • neonatal diabetes mellitus (P70.2)
  • postpancreatectomy diabetes mellitus (E13.-)
  • postprocedural diabetes mellitus (E13.-)
  • secondary diabetes mellitus NEC (E13.-)
  • type 1 diabetes mellitus (E10.-)
  • type 2 diabetes mellitus (E11.-)

Use additional code

  • code to identify control using:
  • injectable non-insulin antidiabetic drugs (Z79.85)
  • insulin (Z79.4)
  • oral antidiabetic drugs (Z79.84)
  • oral hypoglycemic drugs (Z79.84)

Code first

  • the underlying condition, such as:
  • congenital rubella (P35.0)
  • Cushing's syndrome (E24.-)
  • cystic fibrosis (E84.-)
  • malignant neoplasm (C00-C96)
  • malnutrition (E40-E46)
  • pancreatitis and other diseases of the pancreas (K85-K86.-)