E09.39

E09.39: Drug or chemical induced diabetes mellitus with other diabetic ophthalmic complication

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

E09.39 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for drug or chemical induced diabetes mellitus with other diabetic ophthalmic complication. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check E09.39 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Use additional code

Add a secondary code to capture the detail described below.

code to identify manifestation, such as:
diabetic glaucoma (H40-H42)

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above E09.39

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on E09: Drug or chemical induced diabetes mellitus

diabetes mellitus due to underlying condition (E08.-)
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.-)

Other codes that can never be billed with E09.39

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

E08Diabetes mellitus due to underlying condition
E10Type 1 diabetes mellitus
E11Type 2 diabetes mellitus
E13Other specified diabetes mellitus

Risk adjustment

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

Medicare coverage

E09.39 is named in 23 Medicare coverage policies: 23 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

A52464Glucose Monitor - Policy Article
A52501Therapeutic Shoes for Persons with Diabetes - Policy Article
A52507External Infusion Pumps - Policy Article
A52996Billing and Coding: Routine Foot Care

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Diabetes, diabetic›due to drug or chemical›with›ophthalmic complication NEC
Diabetes, diabetic›due to drug or chemical›with›retinal, hemorrhage

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.