ICD-10-CM code · FY2027
E08.331 Diabetes mellitus due to underlying condition with moderate nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy with macular edema
Header codeNot billable: use one of the 4 billable codes below
About E08.331
- Code
- E08.331
- Billable
- No, header
- Short description
- Diab due to undrl cond w mod nonprlf diab rtnop w mclr edema
- Category
- E08 Diabetes mellitus due to underlying condition
- Block
- E08-E13 Diabetes mellitus
- Chapter
- 4 Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases
- Code set
- FY2027, October 1, 2026 to September 30, 2027
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Coding notes for E08.331
No notes of its own; the notes below apply from the codes above it.
7th character Required: add one of these as the 7th character, with X as a placeholder to fill six characters.
| Character | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 1 | right eye |
| 2 | left eye |
| 3 | bilateral |
| 9 | unspecified eye |
Also applies, from E08.33 Diabetes mellitus due to underlying condition with moderate nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy
7th character
- One of the following 7th characters is to be assigned to codes in subcategory E08.33 to designate laterality of the disease:
Also applies, from E08 Diabetes mellitus due to underlying condition
Excludes1 Not coded here: never report these together with this code (use the code given instead).
- 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 first Report the underlying condition's code before this one.
Use additional code Add a second code for the detail named here.
Chapter 4 notes (apply to every code in it)
Note
- 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.
Codes under E08.331 4
- E08.3311 Diabetes mellitus due to underlying condition with moderate nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy with macular edema, right eyeBillable
- E08.3312 Diabetes mellitus due to underlying condition with moderate nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy with macular edema, left eyeBillable
- E08.3313 Diabetes mellitus due to underlying condition with moderate nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy with macular edema, bilateralBillable
- E08.3319 Diabetes mellitus due to underlying condition with moderate nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy with macular edema, unspecified eyeBillable
Related codes in E08.33
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