2025 ICD-10-CM code E10.36
Type 1 diabetes mellitus with diabetic cataract.
The medical necessity for using E10.36 is established by the presence of a cataract directly related to the patient's type 1 diabetes.
Clinicians should diagnose this condition based on a comprehensive patient history, physical examination, and ophthalmological assessment. Diagnostic tests for type 1 diabetes include glucose tolerance tests, plasma glucose levels, HbA1c levels, CBC, and urine analysis for albumin, glucose, and ketones. Additionally, anti-insulin antibodies may be tested.Diagnostic eye procedures include ophthalmoscopy, fluorescein angiography, optical coherence tomography, and B-scan ultrasonography. Treatment typically involves insulin therapy, dietary management, blood glucose monitoring, and cataract surgery.
In simple words: This code indicates that the patient has type 1 diabetes, which has led to the formation of cataracts in their eyes.
Type 1 diabetes mellitus with diabetic cataract. This code signifies that the patient has type 1 diabetes, which has caused the development of a cataract.
Example 1: A patient with a long-standing history of type 1 diabetes presents with blurred vision and difficulty seeing at night. Upon examination, a cataract is diagnosed in both eyes. The code E10.36 is used to indicate the diabetic cataract as a complication of the pre-existing type 1 diabetes., A young patient with type 1 diabetes is referred to an ophthalmologist for evaluation of decreased vision. After a thorough eye exam, the ophthalmologist diagnoses a diabetic cataract in the right eye. The ICD-10 code E10.36 is used to document the diabetic cataract in the context of the patient’s underlying type 1 diabetes., A patient with type 1 diabetes mellitus undergoes routine eye screening and is found to have early-stage cataracts. E10.36 is used as a secondary diagnosis to document the cataract formation related to their diabetes.
Documentation should include a detailed history of type 1 diabetes, symptoms related to the cataract, ophthalmological findings, and the results of any diagnostic tests or procedures performed.
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- Specialties:Endocrinology, Ophthalmology
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