E10.610 — Type 1 diabetes mellitus with diabetic neuropathic arthropathy
E10.610 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for type 1 diabetes mellitus 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.
- Type 1 diabetes mellitus with Charcôt's joints
Risk adjustment
E10.610 risk-adjusts. Under the CMS-HCC V28 model it maps to these categories:
- HCC 37 Diabetes with Chronic Complications0.166 RAF
- 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
E10.610 is named in 44 Medicare coverage policies — 43 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 E10.610 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 E10.610.
- Diabetes, diabetic›type 1›with›Charcot's joints
- Diabetes, diabetic›type 1›with›neuropathic arthropathy
Related codes at this level
Codes that share E10.61. If E10.610 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about E10.610
- Is E10.610 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. E10.610 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does E10.610 sit in the tabular list?
- Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E89), in the block Diabetes mellitus (E08-E13).