Age-related incipient 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 4 more specific codes instead:

H25.01 Cortical age-related cataract (also a header)
H25.03 Anterior subcapsular polar age-related cataract (also a header)
H25.04 Posterior subcapsular polar age-related cataract (also a header)
H25.09 Other age-related incipient cataract (also a header)

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.

FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Age-related incipient 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.

Inherited from H25 Age-related cataract

Excludes2 - not included here

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

Also known as

Senile cataract

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
H25.1	Age-related nuclear cataract	Not billable
H25.2	Age-related cataract, morgagnian type	Not billable
H25.8	Other age-related cataract	Not billable
H25.9	Unspecified age-related cataract	Valid