Is E08.610 a billable ICD-10-CM code?

Yes. E08.610 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.

Where does E08.610 sit in the tabular list?

Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E89), in the block Diabetes mellitus (E08-E13).

E08.610

E08.610 — Diabetes mellitus due to underlying condition with diabetic neuropathic arthropathy

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

E08.610 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for diabetes mellitus due to underlying condition with diabetic neuropathic arthropathy. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Inclusion terms

Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.

Diabetes mellitus due to underlying condition with Charcôt's joints

Risk adjustment

E08.610 risk-adjusts. Under the CMS-HCC V28 model it maps to this category:

HCC 37 Diabetes with Chronic Complications0.166 RAF

Coefficient shown for the Community Non-dual Aged segment. A higher HCC in the same hierarchy will suppress this one, so capturing it does not always add score.

Medicare coverage

E08.610 is named in 33 Medicare coverage policies — 32 listing it as supporting medical necessity, and 1 listing it as NOT covered. Which of them applies to you depends on your Medicare contractor, and coverage genuinely differs by state.

A57663Billing and Coding: Nerve Blocks for Peripheral Neuropathynot covered
A52457Ankle-Foot/Knee-Ankle-Foot Orthoses - Policy Article
A52464Glucose Monitor - Policy Article
A52501Therapeutic Shoes for Persons with Diabetes - Policy Article

How E08.610 is indexed

Coders do not find codes by browsing the tabular list — they look them up in the alphabetic index, under the word the physician wrote. These are the index entries that lead here, so you can see which chart wordings map to E08.610.

Diabetes, diabetic›due to underlying condition›with›Charcot's joints
Diabetes, diabetic›due to underlying condition›with›neuropathic arthropathy

Related codes at this level

Codes that share E08.61. If E08.610 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.

E08.618Diabetes mellitus due to underlying condition with other diabetic arthropathy

Questions about E08.610

Is E08.610 a billable ICD-10-CM code?: Yes. E08.610 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
Where does E08.610 sit in the tabular list?: Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E89), in the block Diabetes mellitus (E08-E13).