Alphabetic Index FY2027

E10

Type 1 diabetes mellitus

FY2027Chapter 4: Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases/E08–E13 Diabetes mellitus

Non-billable headerNot valid on its own. Use one of the more specific codes under it.

E10 is a non-billable ICD-10-CM code category for type 1 diabetes mellitus. Report a more specific code from it instead. It is part of the FY2027 code set, effective October 1, 2026. The more specific codes under it are E10.1 Type 1 diabetes mellitus with ketoacidosis, E10.2 Type 1 diabetes mellitus with kidney complications, E10.3 Type 1 diabetes mellitus with ophthalmic complications, E10.4 Type 1 diabetes mellitus with neurological complications and 5 more. Its coding notes include 10 Excludes1 entries.

Guidelines tip

From the FY2027 Official Guidelines. ICD10Ref adds no rules of its own.

Diabetes codes combine the type, the body system and the complication, and as many codes as needed are assigned to describe all complications.

Guidelines I.C.4.aDiabetes: combination codesRead the official text

Excludes1

Not coded here. The listed conditions generally should not be reported together.

This code
  • diabetes mellitus due to underlying condition (E08.-)
  • drug or chemical induced diabetes mellitus (E09.-)
  • gestational diabetes (O24.4-)
  • hyperglycemia NOS (R73.9)
  • neonatal diabetes mellitus (P70.2)
  • postpancreatectomy diabetes mellitus (E13.-)
  • postprocedural diabetes mellitus (E13.-)
  • secondary diabetes mellitus NEC (E13.-)
  • type 2 diabetes mellitus (E11.-)
Also from chapter/block level (1 note)
Inherited from Chapter 4 Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases
  • transitory endocrine and metabolic disorders specific to newborn (P70-P74)

Includes

Further defines or gives examples of the content of the category.

This code
  • brittle diabetes (mellitus)
  • diabetes (mellitus) due to autoimmune process
  • diabetes (mellitus) due to immune mediated pancreatic islet beta-cell destruction
  • idiopathic diabetes (mellitus)
  • juvenile onset diabetes (mellitus)
  • ketosis-prone diabetes (mellitus)

Notes

Also from chapter/block level (1 note)
Inherited from Chapter 4 Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases
  • All neoplasms, whether functionally active or not, are classified in Chapter 2. Appropriate codes in this chapter (i.e. E05.8, E07.0, E16-E31, E34.-) may be used as additional codes to indicate either functional activity by neoplasms and ectopic endocrine tissue or hyperfunction and hypofunction of endocrine glands associated with neoplasms and other conditions classified elsewhere.

More specific codes under E10 9