ICD-10-CM code · FY2027
E08.6 Diabetes mellitus due to underlying condition with other specified complications
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Coding notes for E08.6
No notes of its own; the notes below apply from the codes above it.
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 E08.6 16
- E08.61 Diabetes mellitus due to underlying condition with diabetic arthropathyHeader
- E08.610 Diabetes mellitus due to underlying condition with diabetic neuropathic arthropathyBillable
- E08.618 Diabetes mellitus due to underlying condition with other diabetic arthropathyBillable
- E08.62 Diabetes mellitus due to underlying condition with skin complicationsHeader
- E08.620 Diabetes mellitus due to underlying condition with diabetic dermatitisBillable
- E08.621 Diabetes mellitus due to underlying condition with foot ulcerBillable
- E08.622 Diabetes mellitus due to underlying condition with other skin ulcerBillable
- E08.628 Diabetes mellitus due to underlying condition with other skin complicationsBillable
- E08.63 Diabetes mellitus due to underlying condition with oral complicationsHeader
- E08.630 Diabetes mellitus due to underlying condition with periodontal diseaseBillable
- E08.638 Diabetes mellitus due to underlying condition with other oral complicationsBillable
- E08.64 Diabetes mellitus due to underlying condition with hypoglycemiaHeader
- E08.641 Diabetes mellitus due to underlying condition with hypoglycemia with comaBillable
- E08.649 Diabetes mellitus due to underlying condition with hypoglycemia without comaBillable
- E08.65 Diabetes mellitus due to underlying condition with hyperglycemiaBillable
- E08.69 Diabetes mellitus due to underlying condition with other specified complicationBillable
Related codes in E08
- E08.0 Diabetes mellitus due to underlying condition with hyperosmolarityHeader
- E08.1 Diabetes mellitus due to underlying condition with ketoacidosisHeader
- E08.2 Diabetes mellitus due to underlying condition with kidney complicationsHeader
- E08.3 Diabetes mellitus due to underlying condition with ophthalmic complicationsHeader
- E08.4 Diabetes mellitus due to underlying condition with neurological complicationsHeader
- E08.5 Diabetes mellitus due to underlying condition with circulatory complicationsHeader
- E08.8 Diabetes mellitus due to underlying condition with unspecified complicationsBillable
- E08.9 Diabetes mellitus due to underlying condition without complicationsBillable
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See 2MM+ plansICD-10-CM FY2027 code set, as published by the CDC National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) and CMS, effective October 1, 2026 to September 30, 2027. Codes, titles and notes are shown as published. Check payer rules and the official guidelines before billing. This page is not medical advice.
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