Soemmering's ring

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:

H26.411 Soemmering's ring, right eye
H26.412 Soemmering's ring, left eye
H26.413 Soemmering's ring, bilateral
H26.419 Soemmering's ring, 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.

FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Soemmering's ring

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.

Cataracta
After-cataract
Intumescence, lens
Soemmerring's ring
Ring > Soemmerring's
Opacity, opacities > lens
Disorder > lens > cataract
Cataracta > membranacea > accreta
Degeneration, degenerative > lens
Membrane, membranous > secondary cataract
Cataract > secondary > Soemmering's ring

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
H26.40	Unspecified secondary cataract	Valid
H26.49	Other secondary cataract	Not billable