E11.9- ICD10 Codes For Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Without Complications

In this Post on Icd10 code, you will learn about Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Without Complications: e11.9. You will also know about the history and synonyms of this code.

What is ICD 10 e11 code?

E11 is the ICD10 code for type 2 diabetes mellitus. It is a medical classification listed by the World health organization under the spectrum of  Endocrine Nutrition and Metabolic Diseases.

Type 2 diabetes is a metabolic disease. In this disease, glucose starts to collect in the blood, and insulin is not absorbed correctly. Type 2 diabetes is often noticed in older men or women.

You might have a question: What is type 2 diabetes mellitus?

So, Type 2 diabetes mellitus continues the collection of dysfunction characterized by hyperglycemia resulting from a mixture of antagonism to insulin action, impaired insulin secretion, and extreme glucagon secretion.

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Type 2 diabetes mellitus without complications

  • E11.9 ICD 10 CM code is used to diagnose the Type 2 diabetes mellitus
  • It is a billable/specific ICD10 code that shows a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
  • It is a medical classification list by the world health organization under Endocrine, nutritional, and metabolic diseases.
  • ICD-10-CM E11.9 2023 edition became effective on October 1, 2022
  • E11.9 ICD-10-CM version is for the United state of America and may be different for other countries.

ICD-10-CM Coding Rules

  • E11.9 is usually insufficient to explain the admission to an acute care hospital when used as the primary diagnosis.

The following code may be applicable for E11.9.

  • E11: Type 2 diabetes mellitus.
  • E00-E89:  Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases.

The Following clinical terms are approximate synonyms.

  • Diabetes mellitus type 2
  • Diabetes mellitus type 2 without retinopathy
  • Diabetes type 2
  • Diabetes type 2 controlled with a diet
  • Diabetes type 2 on insulin
  • Diabetes type 2, uncomplicated
  • Diabetes type 2, without retinopathy
  • Type 2 diabetes mellitus
  • Type 2 diabetes mellitus controlled by diet
  • Type 2 diabetes mellitus without complication
  • Type ii diabetes mellitus without complication
  • Diabetic foot exam
  • A diabetic foot exam done
  • Preexisting diabetes postpartum (after childbirth)
  • Dietary diabetic patient education
  • Gestational diabetes mellitus
  • Insulin-treated type 2 diabetes mellitus
  • Insulin-treated non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus
  • Maturity onset diabetes mellitus in young
  • Maturity onset diabetes of youth
  • Maturity-onset diabetes of the young
  • Nutrition therapy for type 2 diabetes done
  • Nutritional therapy for diabetes mellitus type 2
  • Postpartum (after pregnancy) diabetes
  • Preexisting diabetes mellitus during postpartum
  • Diabetes in pregnancy
  • Diabetes mellitus diet education done
  • Diabetes mellitus in the puerperium – baby, delivered during the current episode of care


“Convert E11.9 to ICD-9-CM”

ICD-10-CM E11.9 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v40.0):

  • 008: Simultaneous pancreas and kidney transplant
  • 637: Diabetes with MCC
  • 638: Diabetes with cc
  • 639: Diabetes without cc/MCC
  • 010: Pancreas transplant
  • 019: Simultaneous pancreas and kidney transplant with hemodialysis

Code History table since 2017

  • 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

Diagnosis Index entries containing back-references to E11.9:

  • Diabetes, diabetic (Mellitus) (sugar) E11.9
    • type 2 E11.9

Reimbursement assertions with a date of service on or after 2015, October 1 require the use of ICD10-CM codes.

“Convert E11.9 to ICD-9-CM

What is the ICD10 code for diabetes type 2?

E11.9 is ICD10 code for Type 2 diabetes mellitus (dm2 ICD 10 code).

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