E09.3559
Drug or chemical induced diabetes mellitus with stable proliferative diabetic retinopathy, unspecified eye
Billable FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
This is the unspecified option. 3 more
specific codes sit alongside it. Worth
checking whether the documentation supports one of them.
Exclusions 9 never code together
E09code
Excludes1
- diabetes mellitus due to underlying condition (E08.-)E08.-
- gestational diabetes (O24.4-)O24.4-
- neonatal diabetes mellitus (P70.2)P70.2
- postpancreatectomy diabetes mellitus (E13.-)E13.-
- postprocedural diabetes mellitus (E13.-)E13.-
- secondary diabetes mellitus NEC (E13.-)E13.-
- type 1 diabetes mellitus (E10.-)E10.-
- type 2 diabetes mellitus (E11.-)E11.-
E00-E89chapter
Excludes1
- transitory endocrine and metabolic disorders specific to newborn (P70-P74)P70-P74
Excludes1 — never code together. The excluded condition and this one are mutually exclusive.
7th character 4
1 right eye
2 left eye
3 bilateral
9 unspecified eye this code
Instructional notes 8
E09code
Code first
- poisoning due to drug or toxin, if applicable (T36-T65 with fifth or sixth character 1-4)T36-T65
Use additional code
E00-E89chapter
Notes
- All neoplasms, whether functionally active or not, are classified in Chapter 2. Appropriate codes in this chapter (i.e. E05.8, E07.0, E16-E31, E34.-) may be used as additional codes to indicate either functional activity by neoplasms and ectopic endocrine tissue or hyperfunction and hypofunction of endocrine glands associated with neoplasms and other conditions classified elsewhere.E05.8E07.0E16-E31E34.-
Index entries leading here 1
- Aneurysm (anastomotic) (artery) (cirsoid) (diffuse) (false) (fusiform) (multiple) (saccular) I72.9
- retina — see also Disorder, retina, microaneurysms
- diabetic — see E08-E13 with .3-
- retina — see also Disorder, retina, microaneurysms
Alongside this code 3 same parent — E09.355
Medications 5
232 Diabetes Mellitus drugs 20 Diabetic Retinopathy drugs 41 Abnormalities, Drug-Induced drugs 36 Dyskinesia, Drug-Induced drugs 3 Akathisia, Drug-Induced drugs
MED-RT files conditions by MeSH, which carves the world differently from ICD-10. These are name matches on this code's description, offered as candidates — not as an assertion that they are this code.
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