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Compare/E09.3543 vs E10

E09.3543 vs E10

E09.3543 (Drug or chemical induced diabetes mellitus with proliferative diabetic retinopathy with combined traction retinal detachment and rhegmatogenous retinal detachment, bilateral) compared with E10 (Type 1 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. E09.3543 carries an Excludes1 note covering E10: “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).

No — do not report together. E10 carries an Excludes1 note covering E09.3543: “drug or chemical induced diabetes mellitus (E09.-)”

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

E09.3543Drug or chemical induced diabetes mellitus with proliferative diabetic retinopathy with combined traction retinal detachment and rhegmatogenous retinal detachment, bilateralE10Type 1 diabetes mellitus
Billing statusBillableNon-billable header

Report instead: E10.10, E10.11, E10.21, E10.22, E10.29

ClassificationE00-E89 — Endocrine, Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases (E00-E89)E00-E89 — Endocrine, Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases (E00-E89)
DefinitionDrug or chemical induced diabetes mellitus with proliferative diabetic retinopathy with combined traction retinal detachment and rhegmatogenous retinal detachment, bilateral is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code (E09.3543).Type 1 diabetes mellitus is a non-billable ICD-10-CM category code (E10).
7th characterOne of the following 7th characters is to be assigned to codes in subcategory E09.35 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)
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