2025 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code E08

Diabetes mellitus due to underlying condition

  • E08 should not be used for reimbursement purposes as there are multiple codes below it that contain a greater level of detail.
  • The 2025 edition of ICD-10-CM E08 became effective on October 1, 2024.
  • This is the American ICD-10-CM version of E08 – other international versions of ICD-10 E08 may differ.

Use Additional

  • code to identify control using:
  • injectable non-insulin antidiabetic drugs (Z79.85)
  • insulin (Z79.4)
  • oral antidiabetic drugs (Z79.84)
  • oral hypoglycemic drugs (Z79.84)

Code First

  • the underlying condition, such as:
  • congenital rubella (P35.0)
  • Cushing’s syndrome (E24.-)
  • cystic fibrosis (E84.-)
  • malignant neoplasm (C00-C96)
  • malnutrition (E40-E46 )
  • pancreatitis and other diseases of the pancreas (K85-K86.-)

Type 1 Excludes

  • drug or chemical induced diabetes mellitus (E09.-)
  • gestational diabetes (O24.4-)
  • neonatal diabetes mellitus (P70.2)
  • postpancreatectomy diabetes mellitus (E13.-)
  • postprocedural diabetes mellitus (E13.-)
  • secondary diabetes mellitus NEC (E13.-)
  • type 1 diabetes mellitus (E10.-)
  • type 2 diabetes mellitus (E11.-)

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

 that may be applicable to E08:

  • E00-E89  Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases

Code 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:

  • Type 1 Excludes: E09, E10, E11, E13
  • Type 2 Excludes: R11.15, E87.0
  • Use Additional: O24.8, O24.9