Secondary 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 3 more specific codes instead:

H26.40 Unspecified secondary cataract
H26.41 Soemmering's ring (also a header)
H26.49 Other secondary 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 Secondary 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 H26 Other cataract

Excludes1 - never coded here

congenital cataract (Q12.0)

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
H26.0	Infantile and juvenile cataract	Not billable
H26.1	Traumatic cataract	Not billable
H26.2	Complicated cataract	Not billable
H26.3	Drug-induced cataract	Not billable
H26.8	Other specified cataract	Valid
H26.9	Unspecified cataract	Valid