AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS - 2016 Issue 4; ICD-10-CM NEW/REVISED CODES
Diabetes with Ophthalmic Complications
The codes for diabetes with ophthalmic complications (subcategories E08.3, E09.3, E10.3, E11.3 and E13.3) for proliferative and nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy have been expanded to capture laterality (using 7th characters) and the stages of the condition: with macular edema without macular edema with traction retinal detachment involving the macula with traction retinal detachment not involving the macula with combined traction retinal detachment and rhegmatogenous retinal detachment stable proliferative diabetic retinopathy Diabetic retinopathy is a progressive condition that is caused by damage to the blood vessels in the retina when there are high blood sugar levels...
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