E08.37 Diabetes mellitus due to underlying condition with diabetic macular edema, resolved following treatment

ICD-10-CM E08.37: Diabetes Mellitus Due to Underlying Condition with Diabetic Macular Edema, Resolved Following Treatment

ICD-10-CM code E08.37 identifies diabetes mellitus due to an underlying condition with diabetic macular edema that has resolved following treatment. The terminology is active and classified as a disease or syndrome. Related billing articles and phecode mappings list expanded variations specifying the affected eye. 1 2 3

Plain-language overview

This diagnosis concept describes diabetes mellitus due to an underlying condition where the associated diabetic macular edema has resolved following treatment. 1

What this code represents

The code E08.37 represents a disease or syndrome and is an active terminology record with no narrower child concepts within the ICD-10-CM classification system. 1

The parent concept for this specific diagnosis is E08.3, which categorizes diabetes mellitus due to underlying condition with ophthalmic complications. 1

Coding details

Billing and coding articles identify more specific variations of this diagnosis, such as E08.37X1 for the right eye and E08.37X2, without defining their extension status. 3 4

External terminology references and phecode mappings list expanded variations of this diagnosis that specify right eye, left eye, bilateral, and unspecified eye conditions. 2 6

Documentation considerations

The official terminology record provides a published abbreviation for this diagnosis: diabetes with diabetic macular edema, resolved following treatment. 1

Coverage and utilization context

This diagnosis code appears in Medicare billing and coding articles concerning routine foot care and scanning computerized ophthalmic diagnostic imaging. 3 4

What the sources add

A clinical reference value set establishes that diabetes diagnoses may require home glucose monitoring medical equipment, explicitly including drug or chemical induced diabetes mellitus. 5

Comparing sources reveals that while the national terminology record defines the base diagnosis, payer billing articles list specific character variations like E08.37X1 and E08.37X2. 1 3 4

Sources

1. ICD-10-CM E08.37 terminology record — National Cancer Institute Enterprise Vocabulary Services; accessed 2026-07-27.
2. Phecode 249 · Cancer PRSweb — csg.sph.umich.edu; accessed 2026-07-27.
3. Article - Billing and Coding: Routine Foot Care (A57957) — cms.gov; accessed 2026-07-27.
4. Article - Billing and Coding: Scanning Computerized Ophthalmic Diagnostic Imaging (SCODI) (A56692) — cms.gov; accessed 2026-07-27.
5. FHIRsmith: ValueSet/ValueSet-2.16.840.1.113762.1.4.1219.33.json — packages2.fhir.org; accessed 2026-07-27.
6. ValueSet '2.16.840.1.113762.1.4.1222.493' (1) — r4.ontoserver.csiro.au; accessed 2026-07-27.