Drug or chemical induced diabetes mellitus with diabetic arthropathy

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 2 more specific codes instead:

E09.610 Drug or chemical induced diabetes mellitus with diabetic neuropathic arthropathy
E09.618 Drug or chemical induced diabetes mellitus with other diabetic arthropathy

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.

FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Drug or chemical induced diabetes mellitus with diabetic arthropathy

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.

Steroid > effects > diabetes

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
E09.62	Drug or chemical induced diabetes mellitus with skin complications	Not billable
E09.63	Drug or chemical induced diabetes mellitus with oral complications	Not billable
E09.64	Drug or chemical induced diabetes mellitus with hypoglycemia	Not billable
E09.65	Drug or chemical induced diabetes mellitus with hyperglycemia	Valid
E09.69	Drug or chemical induced diabetes mellitus with other specified complication	Valid