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E09 vs E10.3549

E09 (Drug or chemical induced diabetes mellitus) compared with E10.3549 (Type 1 diabetes mellitus with proliferative diabetic retinopathy with combined traction retinal detachment and rhegmatogenous retinal detachment, unspecified eye), from the official CMS tabular data. Do not report these codes together: the official tabular list marks them Excludes1. MedCoder-derived

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Excludes1 conflict

E09
Drug or chemical induced diabetes mellitus
↔
E10.3549
Type 1 diabetes mellitus with proliferative diabetic retinopathy with combined traction retinal detachment and rhegmatogenous retinal detachment, unspecified eye

Not coded here — these two are mutually exclusive.

“type 1 diabetes mellitus (E10.-)”

An Excludes1 note means the two conditions cannot occur together, so the pair should not be reported for the same encounter. The sole exception is when the conditions are documented as unrelated to each other.

Source: CMS ICD-10-CM tabular instructional notes; ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines, Section I.A.12.a

Can these codes be reported together?

No — do not report together. E09 carries an Excludes1 note covering E10.3549: “type 1 diabetes mellitus (E10.-)”

Sole exception: when the two conditions are documented as unrelated to each other (ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines, Section I.A.12.a).

Side by side

E09Drug or chemical induced diabetes mellitusE10.3549Type 1 diabetes mellitus with proliferative diabetic retinopathy with combined traction retinal detachment and rhegmatogenous retinal detachment, unspecified eye
Billing statusNon-billable header

Report instead: E09.00, E09.01, E09.10, E09.11, E09.21

Billable
ClassificationE00-E89 — Endocrine, Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases (E00-E89)E00-E89 — Endocrine, Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases (E00-E89)
DefinitionDrug or chemical induced diabetes mellitus is a non-billable ICD-10-CM category code (E09).Type 1 diabetes mellitus with proliferative diabetic retinopathy with combined traction retinal detachment and rhegmatogenous retinal detachment, unspecified eye is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code (E10.3549).
7th character—One of the following 7th characters is to be assigned to codes in subcategory E10.35 to designate laterality of the disease:
Includes—
brittle diabetes (mellitus)
diabetes (mellitus) due to autoimmune process
diabetes (mellitus) due to immune mediated pancreatic islet beta-cell destruction
idiopathic diabetes (mellitus)
Use additional code
code for adverse effect, if applicable, to identify drug (T36-T50 with fifth or sixth character 5)
code to identify control using:
injectable non-insulin antidiabetic drugs (Z79.85)
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Code first
poisoning due to drug or toxin, if applicable (T36-T65 with fifth or sixth character 1-4)
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Derived from the official CMS ICD-10-CM tabular data (FY2026). Not billing advice; verify sequencing rules for the encounter. All data sources