E08.61
E08.61 — Diabetes mellitus due to underlying condition with diabetic arthropathy
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
E08.61 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for diabetes mellitus due to underlying condition with diabetic arthropathy. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Risk adjustment
E08.61 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 E08.61
2 child codes. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share E08.6. If E08.61 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- E08.62Diabetes mellitus due to underlying condition with skin complications
- E08.63Diabetes mellitus due to underlying condition with oral complications
- E08.64Diabetes mellitus due to underlying condition with hypoglycemia
- E08.65Diabetes mellitus due to underlying condition with hyperglycemia
- E08.69Diabetes mellitus due to underlying condition with other specified complication
Questions about E08.61
- Is E08.61 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. E08.61 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does E08.61 sit in the tabular list?
- Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E89), in the block Diabetes mellitus (E08-E13).