E10

E10: Type 1 diabetes mellitus

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

E10 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for type 1 diabetes mellitus. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Excludes1: never code together

These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.

diabetes mellitus due to underlying condition (E08.-)
drug or chemical induced diabetes mellitus (E09.-)
gestational diabetes (O24.4-)
hyperglycemia NOS (R73.9)
neonatal diabetes mellitus (P70.2)
postpancreatectomy diabetes mellitus (E13.-)
postprocedural diabetes mellitus (E13.-)
secondary diabetes mellitus NEC (E13.-)
type 2 diabetes mellitus (E11.-)

Includes

Conditions this code covers.

brittle diabetes (mellitus)
diabetes (mellitus) due to autoimmune process
diabetes (mellitus) due to immune mediated pancreatic islet beta-cell destruction
idiopathic diabetes (mellitus)
juvenile onset diabetes (mellitus)
ketosis-prone diabetes (mellitus)

Other codes that can never be billed with E10

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

E08Diabetes mellitus due to underlying condition
E09Drug or chemical induced diabetes mellitus
E11Type 2 diabetes mellitus
E13Other specified diabetes mellitus
E16.1Other hypoglycemia
E16.2Hypoglycemia, unspecified
E87.2Acidosis
H28Cataract in diseases classified elsewhere

Risk adjustment

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

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Code to one of these instead E10

9 child codes. Green means billable.