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E10.31

Type 1 diabetes mellitus with unspecified diabetic retinopathy

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:

  • E10.311 Type 1 diabetes mellitus with unspecified diabetic retinopathy with macular edema
  • E10.319 Type 1 diabetes mellitus with unspecified diabetic retinopathy without macular edema

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 with unspecified diabetic retinopathy

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 E10 Type 1 diabetes mellitus

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)

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
E10.32 Type 1 diabetes mellitus with mild nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy Not billable
E10.33 Type 1 diabetes mellitus with moderate nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy Not billable
E10.34 Type 1 diabetes mellitus with severe nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy Not billable
E10.35 Type 1 diabetes mellitus with proliferative diabetic retinopathy Not billable
E10.36 Type 1 diabetes mellitus with diabetic cataract Valid
E10.37 Type 1 diabetes mellitus with diabetic macular edema, resolved following treatment Not billable
E10.39 Type 1 diabetes mellitus with other diabetic ophthalmic complication Valid