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Compare/E10.3541 vs O24.4

E10.3541 vs O24.4

E10.3541 (Type 1 diabetes mellitus with proliferative diabetic retinopathy with combined traction retinal detachment and rhegmatogenous retinal detachment, 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. E10.3541 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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E10.3541Type 1 diabetes mellitus with proliferative diabetic retinopathy with combined traction retinal detachment and rhegmatogenous retinal detachment, 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)
DefinitionType 1 diabetes mellitus with proliferative diabetic retinopathy with combined traction retinal detachment and rhegmatogenous retinal detachment, right eye is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code (E10.3541).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 E10.35 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)
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