AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-9 - 2008 Issue 4; VOLUMES 1 AND 2 NEW/REVISED CODES

Secondary Diabetes

Effective October 1, 2008, category 249 has been created to report secondary diabetes and its associated manifestations. Secondary diabetes is diabetes that occurs as a result of another disease or factor. Secondary diabetes is relatively uncommon. The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) estimates that it accounts for 1 to 2 percent of all diabetes cases. Category 249 parallels the fourth digits of category 250, Diabetes mellitus, to identify associated manifestations or complications of secondary diabetes. There are two fifth-digits required with category 249 to indicate whether secondary diabetes is controlled or unspecified (â&euro...

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