E08
⚠ Non-billable (Header)Diabetes mellitus due to underlying condition
Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E89)
⚠️ This is a category header code — not billable. Use a more specific child code below.
📋 Code Instructions
- • 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)
- • Code first: the underlying condition, such as:
- • Code first: congenital rubella (P35.0)
- • Code first: Cushing's syndrome (E24.-)
- • Code first: cystic fibrosis (E84.-)
- • Code first: malignant neoplasm (C00-C96)
- • Code first: malnutrition (E40-E46)
- • Code first: pancreatitis and other diseases of the pancreas (K85-K86.-)
❌ Excludes1
directCannot be coded with E08
- • 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.-)
Child Codes (9)
E08.0Diabetes mellitus due to underlying condition with hyperosmolarityE08.1Diabetes mellitus due to underlying condition with ketoacidosisE08.2Diabetes mellitus due to underlying condition with kidney complicationsE08.3Diabetes mellitus due to underlying condition with ophthalmic complicationsE08.4Diabetes mellitus due to underlying condition with neurological complicationsE08.5Diabetes mellitus due to underlying condition with circulatory complicationsE08.6Diabetes mellitus due to underlying condition with other specified complicationsE08.8Diabetes mellitus due to underlying condition with unspecified complicationsE08.9Diabetes mellitus due to underlying condition without complications
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CodeE08
BillableNo — Header code
CategoryEndocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E89)
Excludes18 rule(s)
Excludes20 note(s)
Child codes9
Data Source
CMS ICD-10-CM 2026 Tabular List
Updated October 1, 2025 (FY2026)