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E08.355 Diabetes mellitus due to underlying condition with stable proliferative diabetic retinopathy

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This code needs a 7th character (use X as a placeholder for missing characters).

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7th character codes

  • E08.3551 Diabetes mellitus due to underlying condition with stable proliferative diabetic retinopathy, right eye
  • E08.3552 Diabetes mellitus due to underlying condition with stable proliferative diabetic retinopathy, left eye
  • E08.3553 Diabetes mellitus due to underlying condition with stable proliferative diabetic retinopathy, bilateral
  • E08.3559 Diabetes mellitus due to underlying condition with stable proliferative diabetic retinopathy, unspecified eye

Instructional notes

Chapter 4

Excludes1Not coded here: never report with this code, except when the two conditions are unrelated.
  • transitory endocrine and metabolic disorders specific to newborn (P70-P74)
Notes
  • All neoplasms, whether functionally active or not, are classified in Chapter 2. Appropriate codes in this chapter (i.e. E05.8, E07.0, E16-E31, E34.-) may be used as additional codes to indicate either functional activity by neoplasms and ectopic endocrine tissue or hyperfunction and hypofunction of endocrine glands associated with neoplasms and other conditions classified elsewhere.

E08

Excludes1Not coded here: never report with this code, except when the two conditions are unrelated.
  • 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.-)
Code firstSequence the underlying condition 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.-)
Use additional codeAdd a second code for the full picture.
  • 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)

E08.35

7th charactersOne of the following 7th characters is to be assigned to codes in subcategory E08.35 to designate laterality of the disease:
  • 1 right eye
  • 2 left eye
  • 3 bilateral
  • 9 unspecified eye

Chapter 4: Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases · E08-E13 Diabetes mellitus (E08-E13)

Source: ICD-10-CM FY 2027 code descriptions and tabular list (CMS and CDC National Center for Health Statistics), effective 2026-10-01 through 2027-09-30 · CMS ICD-10 files. HCC mapping: CMS-HCC V28, payment year 2027. As of 2026-11-04.

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