E10.3
Header — not billableType 1 diabetes mellitus with ophthalmic complications
The ICD-10 code for type 1 diabetes mellitus with ophthalmic complications is E10.3.
E10.3 is a non-billable header code. It groups related conditions but cannot be used on its own for reimbursement — select one of the 8 more specific codes below.
Documentation support
General coding-documentation guidance — not a substitute for payer-specific requirements or professional coding judgment.
- •This is a non-billable header code. Documentation must support a more specific child code before this diagnosis can be reported on a claim.
- •As a general rule, code to the highest level of specificity supported by the documentation in the medical record.
Child codes under E10.3
- E10.31Type 1 diabetes mellitus with unspecified diabetic retinopathynon-billable header
- E10.32Type 1 diabetes mellitus with mild nonproliferative diabetic retinopathynon-billable header
- E10.33Type 1 diabetes mellitus with moderate nonproliferative diabetic retinopathynon-billable header
- E10.34Type 1 diabetes mellitus with severe nonproliferative diabetic retinopathynon-billable header
- E10.35Type 1 diabetes mellitus with proliferative diabetic retinopathynon-billable header
- E10.36Type 1 diabetes mellitus with diabetic cataract
- E10.37Type 1 diabetes mellitus with diabetic macular edema, resolved following treatment
- E10.39Type 1 diabetes mellitus with other diabetic ophthalmic complication
Related codes in this category
- E10.1Type 1 diabetes mellitus with ketoacidosisnon-billable header
- E10.2Type 1 diabetes mellitus with kidney complicationsnon-billable header
- E10.4Type 1 diabetes mellitus with neurological complicationsnon-billable header
- E10.5Type 1 diabetes mellitus with circulatory complicationsnon-billable header
- E10.6Type 1 diabetes mellitus with other specified complicationsnon-billable header
- E10.8Type 1 diabetes mellitus with unspecified complications
- E10.9Type 1 diabetes mellitus without complications
- E10.AType 1 diabetes mellitus, presymptomaticnon-billable header
- E10.3Type 1 diabetes mellitus with ophthalmic complicationsnon-billable header