E08.351 - Diabetes mellitus due to underlying condition with proliferative diabetic retinopathy with macular edema

Version 2023
ICD-10:E08.351
Short Description:Diab due to undrl cond w prolif diab rtnop w macular edema
Long Description:Diabetes mellitus due to underlying condition with proliferative diabetic retinopathy with macular edema
Status: Not Valid for Submission
Version:ICD-10-CM 2023
Code Classification:
  • Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00–E90)
    • Diabetes mellitus (E08-E13)
      • Diabetes mellitus due to underlying condition (E08)

E08.351 is a non-specific and non-billable ICD-10 code code, consider using a code with a higher level of specificity for a diagnosis of diabetes mellitus due to underlying condition with proliferative diabetic retinopathy with macular edema. The code is not specific and is NOT valid for the year 2023 for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions. Category or Header define the heading of a category of codes that may be further subdivided by the use of 4th, 5th, 6th or 7th characters.

Coding Guidelines

The diabetes mellitus codes are combination codes that include the type of diabetes mellitus, the body system affected, and the complications affecting that body system. As many codes within a particular category as are necessary to describe all of the complications of the disease may be used. They should be sequenced based on the reason for a particular encounter. Assign as many codes from categories E08 - E13 as needed to identify all of the associated conditions that the patient has.

Specific Coding for Diab due to undrl cond w prolif diab rtnop w macular edema

Non-specific codes like E08.351 require more digits to indicate the appropriate level of specificity. Consider using any of the following ICD-10 codes with a higher level of specificity when coding for diab due to undrl cond w prolif diab rtnop w macular edema:

  • BILLABLE CODE - Use E08.3511 for right eye
  • BILLABLE CODE - Use E08.3512 for left eye
  • BILLABLE CODE - Use E08.3513 for bilateral
  • BILLABLE CODE - Use E08.3519 for unspecified eye

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