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Diabetes: combination codes
Official text from the FY2027 ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting. The wording is quoted exactly.
Guidelines I.C.4.a
“The diabetes mellitus codes are combination codes that include the type of diabetes mellitus, the body system affected, and the complications affecting that body system.”
“Assign as many codes from categories E08 – E13 as needed to identify all of the associated conditions that the patient has.”
Where this applies
E08–E13
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