E08.8 — Diabetes mellitus due to underlying condition with unspecified complications
E08.8 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for diabetes mellitus due to underlying condition with unspecified complications. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Risk adjustment
E08.8 risk-adjusts. Under the CMS-HCC V28 model it maps to this category:
- HCC 38 Diabetes with No, Glycemic, or Unspecified 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
E08.8 is named in 10 Medicare coverage policies — 10 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which of them applies to you depends on your Medicare contractor, and coverage genuinely differs by state.
- A52464Glucose Monitor - Policy Article
- A52501Therapeutic Shoes for Persons with Diabetes - Policy Article
- A52507External Infusion Pumps - Policy Article
- A52996Billing and Coding: Routine Foot Care
How E08.8 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 E08.8.
- Diabetes, diabetic›due to underlying condition›with›complication
Related codes at this level
Codes that share E08. If E08.8 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- E08.0Diabetes mellitus due to underlying condition with hyperosmolarity
- E08.1Diabetes mellitus due to underlying condition with ketoacidosis
- E08.2Diabetes mellitus due to underlying condition with kidney complications
- E08.3Diabetes mellitus due to underlying condition with ophthalmic complications
- E08.4Diabetes mellitus due to underlying condition with neurological complications
- E08.5Diabetes mellitus due to underlying condition with circulatory complications
- E08.6Diabetes mellitus due to underlying condition with other specified complications
- E08.9Diabetes mellitus due to underlying condition without complications
Questions about E08.8
- Is E08.8 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. E08.8 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does E08.8 sit in the tabular list?
- Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E89), in the block Diabetes mellitus (E08-E13).