ICD-10-CM code · FY2027

E13.3553 Other specified diabetes mellitus with stable proliferative diabetic retinopathy, bilateral

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About E13.3553

Code: E13.3553
Billable: Yes
Short description: Oth diabetes with stable prolif diabetic rtnop, bilateral
Category: E13 Other specified diabetes mellitus
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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No notes of its own; the notes below apply from the codes above it.

bilateral

One of the following 7th characters is to be assigned to codes in subcategory E13.35 to designate laterality of the disease:

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.-)

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)

Chapter 4 notes (apply to every code in it)

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.

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