E08.3
⚠ Non-billable (Header)Diabetes mellitus due to underlying condition with ophthalmic complications
Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E89)
⚠️ This is a category header code — not billable. Use a more specific child code below.
❌ Excludes1
inherited from E08Rules from parent category E08: Diabetes mellitus due to underlying condition
- • 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 Instructions
from E08- • 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.-)
Child Codes (8)
E08.31Diabetes mellitus due to underlying condition with unspecified diabetic retinopathyE08.32Diabetes mellitus due to underlying condition with mild nonproliferative diabetic retinopathyE08.33Diabetes mellitus due to underlying condition with moderate nonproliferative diabetic retinopathyE08.34Diabetes mellitus due to underlying condition with severe nonproliferative diabetic retinopathyE08.35Diabetes mellitus due to underlying condition with proliferative diabetic retinopathyE08.36Diabetes mellitus due to underlying condition with diabetic cataractE08.37Diabetes mellitus due to underlying condition with diabetic macular edema, resolved following treatmentE08.39Diabetes mellitus due to underlying condition with other diabetic ophthalmic complication
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CodeE08.3
BillableNo — Header code
ParentE08
CategoryEndocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E89)
Excludes18 rule(s)
Excludes20 note(s)
Child codes8
Data Source
CMS ICD-10-CM 2026 Tabular List
Updated October 1, 2025 (FY2026)