E08.6
⚠ Non-billable (Header)Diabetes mellitus due to underlying condition with other specified 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 (6)
E08.61Diabetes mellitus due to underlying condition with diabetic arthropathyE08.62Diabetes mellitus due to underlying condition with skin complicationsE08.63Diabetes mellitus due to underlying condition with oral complicationsE08.64Diabetes mellitus due to underlying condition with hypoglycemiaE08.65Diabetes mellitus due to underlying condition with hyperglycemiaE08.69Diabetes mellitus due to underlying condition with other specified complication
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CodeE08.6
BillableNo — Header code
ParentE08
CategoryEndocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E89)
Excludes18 rule(s)
Excludes20 note(s)
Child codes6
Data Source
CMS ICD-10-CM 2026 Tabular List
Updated October 1, 2025 (FY2026)