E10.621 — Type 1 diabetes mellitus with foot ulcer
E10.621 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for type 1 diabetes mellitus with foot ulcer. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Risk adjustment
E10.621 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
- HCC 383 Chronic Ulcer of Skin, Except Pressure, Not Specified as Through to Bone or Muscle0.646 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
E10.621 is named in 25 Medicare coverage policies — 25 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 E10.621 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 E10.621.
- Diabetes, diabetic›type 1›with›foot ulcer
Related codes at this level
Codes that share E10.62. If E10.621 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about E10.621
- Is E10.621 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. E10.621 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does E10.621 sit in the tabular list?
- Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E89), in the block Diabetes mellitus (E08-E13).