ICD-10-CM Code H26
Other cataract
Non-Billable Code
Non-Billable means the code is not sufficient justification for admission to an acute care hospital when used a principal diagnosis. Use a child code to capture more detail.ICD Code H26 is a non-billable code. To code a diagnosis of this type, you must use one of the seven child codes of H26 that describes the diagnosis 'other cataract' in more detail.
- H26 Other cataract NON-BILLABLE
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- H26.00 Unspecified infantile and juvenile cataract NON-BILLABLE
- H26.01 Infantile and juvenile cortical, lamellar, or zonular cataract NON-BILLABLE
- H26.03 Infantile and juvenile nuclear cataract NON-BILLABLE
- H26.04 Anterior subcapsular polar infantile and juvenile cataract NON-BILLABLE
- H26.05 Posterior subcapsular polar infantile and juvenile cataract NON-BILLABLE
- H26.06 Combined forms of infantile and juvenile cataract NON-BILLABLE
- H26.09 Other infantile and juvenile cataract BILLABLE
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- H26.10 Unspecified traumatic cataract NON-BILLABLE
- H26.11 Localized traumatic opacities NON-BILLABLE
- H26.12 Partially resolved traumatic cataract NON-BILLABLE
- H26.13 Total traumatic cataract NON-BILLABLE
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- H26.20 Unspecified complicated cataract BILLABLE
- H26.21 Cataract with neovascularization NON-BILLABLE
- H26.22 Cataract secondary to ocular disorders (degenerative) (inflammatory) NON-BILLABLE
- H26.23 Glaucomatous flecks (subcapsular) NON-BILLABLE
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- H26.40 Unspecified secondary cataract BILLABLE
- H26.41 Soemmering's ring NON-BILLABLE
- H26.49 Other secondary cataract NON-BILLABLE
- BILLABLE H26.8 Other specified cataract
- BILLABLE H26.9 Unspecified cataract
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The ICD code H26 is used to code Cataract
A cataract is a clouding of the lens in the eye leading to a decrease in vision. It can affect one or both eyes. Often it develops slowly. Symptoms may include faded colors, blurry vision, halos around light, trouble with bright lights, and trouble seeing at night. This may result in trouble driving, reading, or recognizing faces. Poor vision may also result in an increased risk of falling and depression. Cataracts are the cause of half of blindness and 33% of visual impairment worldwide.
Specialty: | Ophthalmology |
MeSH Code: | D002386 |
ICD 9 Code: | 366 |
Magnified view of a cataract seen on examination with a slit lamp
Coding Notes for H26 Info for medical coders on how to properly use this ICD-10 code
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Code Type-1 Excludes:
Type-1 Excludes
Type-1 Excludes mean the conditions excluded are mutually exclusive and should never be coded together. Excludes 1 means "do not code here." - Congenital cataract - instead, use code Q12.0
ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index References for 'H26 - Other cataract'
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