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E13 › E13.3

E13.37 Other specified diabetes mellitus with diabetic macular edema, resolved following treatment

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

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Codes under this one

  • E13.37X1 Other specified diabetes mellitus with diabetic macular edema, resolved following treatment, right eye
  • E13.37X2 Other specified diabetes mellitus with diabetic macular edema, resolved following treatment, left eye
  • E13.37X3 Other specified diabetes mellitus with diabetic macular edema, resolved following treatment, bilateral
  • E13.37X9 Other specified diabetes mellitus with diabetic macular edema, resolved following treatment, 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.

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 code E13.37 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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