ICD-10-CM › E00-E89 › E08-E13 › E09 Drug or chemical induced diabetes mellitus › E09.4

E09.4

Drug or chemical induced diabetes mellitus with neurological complications

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 6 more specific codes instead:

  • E09.40 Drug or chemical induced diabetes mellitus with neurological complications with diabetic neuropathy, unspecified
  • E09.41 Drug or chemical induced diabetes mellitus with neurological complications with diabetic mononeuropathy
  • E09.42 Drug or chemical induced diabetes mellitus with neurological complications with diabetic polyneuropathy
  • E09.43 Drug or chemical induced diabetes mellitus with neurological complications with diabetic autonomic (poly)neuropathy
  • E09.44 Drug or chemical induced diabetes mellitus with neurological complications with diabetic amyotrophy
  • E09.49 Drug or chemical induced diabetes mellitus with neurological complications with other diabetic neurological complication

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 Drug or chemical induced diabetes mellitus with neurological complications

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.

Inherited from E09 Drug or chemical induced diabetes mellitus

Excludes1 - never coded here

  • diabetes mellitus due to underlying condition (E08.-)
  • 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 for adverse effect, if applicable, to identify drug (T36-T50 with fifth or sixth character 5)
  • 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

  • poisoning due to drug or toxin, if applicable (T36-T65 with fifth or sixth character 1-4)

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.

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
E09.0 Drug or chemical induced diabetes mellitus with hyperosmolarity Not billable
E09.1 Drug or chemical induced diabetes mellitus with ketoacidosis Not billable
E09.2 Drug or chemical induced diabetes mellitus with kidney complications Not billable
E09.3 Drug or chemical induced diabetes mellitus with ophthalmic complications Not billable
E09.5 Drug or chemical induced diabetes mellitus with circulatory complications Not billable
E09.6 Drug or chemical induced diabetes mellitus with other specified complications Not billable
E09.8 Drug or chemical induced diabetes mellitus with unspecified complications Valid
E09.9 Drug or chemical induced diabetes mellitus without complications Valid