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E13.35 Other specified diabetes mellitus with proliferative diabetic retinopathy

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E13.351 Other specified diabetes mellitus with proliferative diabetic retinopathy with macular edemaHeader
E13.352 Other specified diabetes mellitus with proliferative diabetic retinopathy with traction retinal detachment involving the maculaHeader
E13.353 Other specified diabetes mellitus with proliferative diabetic retinopathy with traction retinal detachment not involving the maculaHeader
E13.354 Other specified diabetes mellitus with proliferative diabetic retinopathy with combined traction retinal detachment and rhegmatogenous retinal detachmentHeader
E13.355 Other specified diabetes mellitus with stable proliferative diabetic retinopathyHeader
E13.359 Other specified diabetes mellitus with proliferative diabetic retinopathy without macular edemaHeader

Instructional notes

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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.

E13

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

diabetes (mellitus) due to autoimmune process (E10.-)
diabetes (mellitus) due to immune mediated pancreatic islet beta-cell destruction (E10.-)
diabetes mellitus due to underlying condition (E08.-)
drug or chemical induced diabetes mellitus (E09.-)
gestational diabetes (O24.4-)
neonatal diabetes mellitus (P70.2)
type 1 diabetes mellitus (E10.-)

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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)

Includes

diabetes mellitus due to genetic defects of beta-cell function
diabetes mellitus due to genetic defects in insulin action
postpancreatectomy diabetes mellitus
postprocedural diabetes mellitus
secondary diabetes mellitus NEC

This code

7th charactersOne of the following 7th characters is to be assigned to codes in subcategory E13.35 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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