ICD 10 Coding Alert
Reader Questions:
Don’t Forget Laterality When Reporting This Dx
Published on Tue Oct 03, 2023
Question: I’m having a little trouble with the abbreviations on an encounter note. What ICD-10-CM code should I select when encounter notes indicate that a patient suffers from “type 2 DM w/mild, nonprolif. Retinopathy + mac edema” New Hampshire Subscriber Answer: The ICD-10 for the condition that is shorthanded into the notes is E11.321- (Type 2 diabetes mellitus with mild nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy with macular edema). Don’t stop there: There are instructions to report this code to the 7th character to indicate laterality; use one of the following characters to fill out the ICD-10 code: 
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