Drug/chem diab with prolif diab rtnop with comb detach, unsp

This code signifies diabetes mellitus resulting from drug or chemical exposure, complicated by advanced diabetic eye disease. Specifically, it indicates the presence of proliferative diabetic retinopathy, which has led to a severe form of retinal detachment involving both tractional and rhegmatogenous components in an unspecified eye.

Use this code when documentation clearly states drug or chemical-induced diabetes with evidence of proliferative diabetic retinopathy. The medical record must also specify a combined tractional and rhegmatogenous retinal detachment. This code is appropriate when the affected eye is not specified.

• Ensure documentation explicitly links the diabetes to drug or chemical causation, not Type 1 or Type 2.
• Verify the presence of both proliferative diabetic retinopathy and a combined tractional and rhegmatogenous retinal detachment.
• Do not use this code if only one type of retinal detachment (tractional or rhegmatogenous) is documented, or if the laterality is specified.