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Compare/E09.3311 vs O24.4

E09.3311 vs O24.4

E09.3311 (Drug or chemical induced diabetes mellitus with moderate nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy with macular edema, right eye) compared with O24.4 (Gestational diabetes mellitus), from the official CMS tabular data. Do not report these codes together: the official tabular list marks them Excludes1.

Can these codes be reported together?

No — do not report together. E09.3311 carries an Excludes1 note covering O24.4: “gestational diabetes (O24.4-)”

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

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E09.3311Drug or chemical induced diabetes mellitus with moderate nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy with macular edema, right eyeO24.4Gestational diabetes mellitus
Billing statusBillableNon-billable header

Report instead: O24.410, O24.414, O24.415, O24.419, O24.420

ClassificationE00-E89 — Endocrine, Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases (E00-E89)O00-O9A — Pregnancy, Childbirth and the Puerperium (O00-O9A)
DefinitionDrug or chemical induced diabetes mellitus with moderate nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy with macular edema, right eye is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code (E09.3311).Gestational diabetes mellitus is a non-billable ICD-10-CM category code (O24.4).
7th characterOne of the following 7th characters is to be assigned to codes in subcategory E09.33 to designate laterality of the disease:
Includes
Diabetes mellitus arising in pregnancy
Gestational diabetes mellitus NOS
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)
Code first
poisoning due to drug or toxin, if applicable (T36-T65 with fifth or sixth character 1-4)

Derived from the official CMS ICD-10-CM tabular data (FY2026). Not billing advice; verify sequencing rules for the encounter. All data sources