2025 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code E08.39

Diabetes mellitus due to underlying condition with other diabetic ophthalmic complication

  • E08.39 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
  • Short description: Diabetes due to undrl condition w oth diabetic opth comp
  • The 2025 edition of ICD-10-CM E08.39 became effective on October 1, 2024.
  • This is the American ICD-10-CM version of E08.39 – other international versions of ICD-10 E08.39 may differ.

ICD-10-CM Coding Rules

  • E08.39 describes the manifestation of an underlying disease, not the disease itself.

Use Additional

  • code to identify manifestation, such as:
  • diabetic glaucoma (H40-H42 )

The following code(s) above E08.39 contain annotation back-references

 that may be applicable to E08.39:

  • E00-E89  Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases
  • E08  Diabetes mellitus due to underlying condition

ICD-10-CM E08.39 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v42.0):

  • 008 Simultaneous pancreas and kidney transplant
  • 010 Pancreas transplant
  • 019 Simultaneous pancreas and kidney transplant with hemodialysis
  • 124 Other disorders of the eye with mcc or thrombolytic agent
  • 125 Other disorders of the eye without mcc

Convert E08.39 to ICD-9-CMCode History

  • 2016 (effective 10/1/2015): New code (first year of non-draft ICD-10-CM)
  • 2017 (effective 10/1/2016): No change
  • 2018 (effective 10/1/2017): No change
  • 2019 (effective 10/1/2018): No change
  • 2020 (effective 10/1/2019): No change
  • 2021 (effective 10/1/2020): No change
  • 2022 (effective 10/1/2021): No change
  • 2023 (effective 10/1/2022): No change
  • 2024 (effective 10/1/2023): No change
  • 2025 (effective 10/1/2024): No change

Code annotations containing back-references to E08.39:

  • Code First: H42

Diagnosis Index entries containing back-references to E08.39:

  • Diabetes, diabetic (mellitus) (sugar) E11.9
    • due to underlying conditionE08.9
      • with
        • ophthalmic complication NEC E08.39