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Compare/E10.3499 vs E13

E10.3499 vs E13

E10.3499 (Type 1 diabetes mellitus with severe nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy without macular edema, unspecified eye) compared with E13 (Other specified 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. E10.3499 carries an Excludes1 note covering E13: “postpancreatectomy diabetes mellitus (E13.-)”

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. E10.3499 carries an Excludes1 note covering E13: “postprocedural diabetes mellitus (E13.-)”

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. E10.3499 carries an Excludes1 note covering E13: “secondary diabetes mellitus NEC (E13.-)”

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. E13 carries an Excludes1 note covering E10.3499: “diabetes (mellitus) due to autoimmune process (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. E13 carries an Excludes1 note covering E10.3499: “diabetes (mellitus) due to immune mediated pancreatic islet beta-cell destruction (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. E13 carries an Excludes1 note covering E10.3499: “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

E10.3499Type 1 diabetes mellitus with severe nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy without macular edema, unspecified eyeE13Other specified diabetes mellitus
Billing statusBillableNon-billable header

Report instead: E13.00, E13.01, E13.10, E13.11, E13.21

ClassificationE00-E89 — Endocrine, Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases (E00-E89)E00-E89 — Endocrine, Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases (E00-E89)
DefinitionType 1 diabetes mellitus with severe nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy without macular edema, unspecified eye is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code (E10.3499).Other specified diabetes mellitus is a non-billable ICD-10-CM category code (E13).
7th characterOne of the following 7th characters is to be assigned to codes in subcategory E10.34 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 due to genetic defects of beta-cell function
diabetes mellitus due to genetic defects in insulin action
postpancreatectomy diabetes mellitus
postprocedural diabetes mellitus
Use additional code
code to identify control using:
injectable non-insulin antidiabetic drugs (Z79.85)
insulin (Z79.4)

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