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Diabetes mellitus due to drug or chemical with ketoacidosis with coma

No MMS code

Link to WHO Definition

Diabetes mellitus due to drug or chemical with ketoacidosis with coma – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/748746874

This refers to other specified group of metabolic diseases in which a person has high blood sugar, either because the pancreas does not produce enough insulin, or because cells do not respond to the insulin that is produced. This diagnosis is due to drug or chemical with a metabolic state associated with high concentrations of ketone bodies, formed by the breakdown of fatty acids and the deamination of amino acids, with coma. Always assign an additional code for the type of diabetes mellitus.