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H25

Age-related cataract

Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.

A category header for its whole life, FY2016 onwards. It has never been valid for submission on its own.

Submit one of these 5 more specific codes instead:

  • H25.0 Age-related incipient cataract (also a header)
  • H25.1 Age-related nuclear cataract (also a header)
  • H25.2 Age-related cataract, morgagnian type (also a header)
  • H25.8 Other age-related cataract (also a header)
  • H25.9 Unspecified age-related cataract

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2012 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.

  1. FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Age-related cataract

Official coding rules

Published by CDC for FY2027. A rule attached to a category binds every code beneath it, so the rules inherited from this code's ancestors are shown with the code they come from.

This code

Excludes2 - not included here

  • capsular glaucoma with pseudoexfoliation of lens (H40.1-)

Also known as

  • Senile cataract