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E08.35

E08.35 — Diabetes mellitus due to underlying condition with proliferative diabetic retinopathy

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

E08.35 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for diabetes mellitus due to underlying condition with proliferative diabetic retinopathy. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below. This code also requires a 7th character before it is complete.

This code requires a 7th character

One of the following 7th characters is to be assigned to codes in subcategory E08.35 to designate laterality of the disease:

1
right eye
2
left eye
3
bilateral
9
unspecified eye

Risk adjustment

E08.35 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.

Code to one of these instead E08.35

6 child codes. Green means billable.

Related codes at this level

Codes that share E08.3. If E08.35 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.

Questions about E08.35

Is E08.35 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
No. E08.35 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
Where does E08.35 sit in the tabular list?
Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E89), in the block Diabetes mellitus (E08-E13).
ICD-10-CMFY2026-Apr· effective April 1, 2026

Loaded directly from the CMS/NCHS ICD-10-CM public-domain release — see data sources and our editorial policy. If this page disagrees with the CMS tabular list, this page is wrong. Reference information for professional coders; not medical or billing advice.