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E10

Type 1 diabetes mellitus

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:

  • E10.1 Type 1 diabetes mellitus with ketoacidosis (also a header)
  • E10.2 Type 1 diabetes mellitus with kidney complications (also a header)
  • E10.3 Type 1 diabetes mellitus with ophthalmic complications (also a header)
  • E10.4 Type 1 diabetes mellitus with neurological complications (also a header)
  • E10.5 Type 1 diabetes mellitus with circulatory complications (also a header)
  • E10.6 Type 1 diabetes mellitus with other specified complications (also a header)
  • E10.8 Type 1 diabetes mellitus with unspecified complications
  • E10.9 Type 1 diabetes mellitus without complications
  • E10.A Type 1 diabetes mellitus, presymptomatic (also a header)

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 Type 1 diabetes mellitus

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

  • diabetes mellitus due to underlying condition (E08.-)
  • drug or chemical induced diabetes mellitus (E09.-)
  • gestational diabetes (O24.4-)
  • hyperglycemia NOS (R73.9)
  • neonatal diabetes mellitus (P70.2)
  • postpancreatectomy diabetes mellitus (E13.-)
  • postprocedural diabetes mellitus (E13.-)
  • secondary diabetes mellitus NEC (E13.-)
  • type 2 diabetes mellitus (E11.-)

Includes

  • brittle diabetes (mellitus)
  • diabetes (mellitus) due to autoimmune process
  • diabetes (mellitus) due to immune mediated pancreatic islet beta-cell destruction
  • idiopathic diabetes (mellitus)
  • juvenile onset diabetes (mellitus)
  • ketosis-prone diabetes (mellitus)