E08.6Diabetes mellitus due to underlying condition with other specified complications

E08.6 is the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for diabetes mellitus due to underlying condition with other specified complications. It belongs to category E08 (diabetes mellitus due to underlying condition), block E08-E13 (diabetes mellitus) and chapter 4 (endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases). It is a header code, so it can't be reported by itself; one of its 6 subcodes must be used instead.

Within E08, choose E08.6 (with other specified complications) only when documentation doesn't support a more specific option: with hyperosmolarity (E08.0), with ketoacidosis (E08.1), with kidney complications (E08.2), with ophthalmic complications (E08.3), with neurological complications (E08.4), with circulatory complications (E08.5), with unspecified complications (E08.8) and without complications (E08.9).

To report this condition, pick the subcode that matches the documentation: E08.61 (arthropathy), E08.62 (complications), E08.63 (complications), E08.64 (hypoglycemia), E08.65 (hyperglycemia) and E08.69 (complication).

Code first the underlying condition, such as: congenital rubella (P35.0), Cushing's syndrome (E24.-), cystic fibrosis (E84.-), malignant neoplasm (C00-C96) and 2 more.

Use an additional code to identify control using: injectable non-insulin antidiabetic drugs (Z79.85), insulin (Z79.4), oral antidiabetic drugs (Z79.84) and oral hypoglycemic drugs (Z79.84).

It has been part of ICD-10-CM since the code set took effect on October 1, 2015 and hasn't changed since.