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E10 › E10.3 › E10.37

E10.37X2 Type 1 diabetes mellitus with diabetic macular edema, resolved following treatment, left eye

BillableCMS-HCC V28: HCC 37age >= 21037age < 210Chapter 4

7th character 2: left eye

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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.

E10

Excludes1Not coded here: never report with this code, except when the two conditions are unrelated.
  • 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)

E10.37

7th charactersOne of the following 7th characters is to be assigned to code E10.37 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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