ICD-10-CM › H00-H59 › H25-H28 › H26.2 Complicated cataract › H26.22

H26.22

Cataract secondary to ocular disorders (degenerative) (inflammatory)

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:

  • H26.221 Cataract secondary to ocular disorders (degenerative) (inflammatory), right eye
  • H26.222 Cataract secondary to ocular disorders (degenerative) (inflammatory), left eye
  • H26.223 Cataract secondary to ocular disorders (degenerative) (inflammatory), bilateral
  • H26.229 Cataract secondary to ocular disorders (degenerative) (inflammatory), unspecified eye

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 Cataract secondary to ocular disorders (degenerative) (inflammatory)

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 H26 Other cataract

Excludes1 - never coded here

  • congenital cataract (Q12.0)

How CDC's index refers to this code

Wording from the official alphabetic index. Much of it appears nowhere in the code description, which is why a search for the everyday phrase so often finds nothing.

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
H26.20 Unspecified complicated cataract Valid
H26.21 Cataract with neovascularization Not billable
H26.23 Glaucomatous flecks (subcapsular) Not billable