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Compare/E10.3212 vs O24.4

E10.3212 vs O24.4

E10.3212 (Type 1 diabetes mellitus with mild nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy with macular edema, left 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. E10.3212 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).

Side by side

E10.3212Type 1 diabetes mellitus with mild nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy with macular edema, left 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)
DefinitionType 1 diabetes mellitus with mild nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy with macular edema, left eye is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code (E10.3212).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 E10.32 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)
Diabetes mellitus arising in pregnancy
Gestational diabetes mellitus NOS

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