E08

E08: Diabetes mellitus due to underlying condition

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

E08 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for diabetes mellitus due to underlying condition. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Excludes1: never code together

These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.

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 first

The underlying condition must be sequenced before this code.

the underlying condition, such as:
congenital rubella (P35.0)
Cushing's syndrome (E24.-)
cystic fibrosis (E84.-)
malignant neoplasm (C00-C96)
malnutrition (E40-E46)
pancreatitis and other diseases of the pancreas (K85-K86.-)

Use additional code

Add a secondary code to capture the detail described below.

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)

Other codes that can never be billed with E08

Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.

E09Drug or chemical induced diabetes mellitus
E10Type 1 diabetes mellitus
E11Type 2 diabetes mellitus
E13Other specified diabetes mellitus
E16.1Other hypoglycemia
E16.2Hypoglycemia, unspecified
E87.2Acidosis
G54.5Neuralgic amyotrophy

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Code to one of these instead E08

9 child codes. Green means billable.