Do You Code Diabetes First

Category E09, Drug or chemical induced diabetes mellitus, instructs to code first the applicable drug or toxin (T36-T65) for poisonings.

What is the code for type 1 diabetes?

ICD-10 code E10. 9 for Type 1 diabetes mellitus without complications is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range – Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases .

Can you code E11 21 and E11 22 together?

The incorrect portion of the response came as an aside at the end, where it was stated that “it would be redundant to assign codes for both diabetic nephropathy (E11. 21) and diabetic chronic kidney disease (E11. 22), as diabetic chronic kidney disease is a more specific condition.” It is true you wouldn’t code both.

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