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H27

Other disorders of lens

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:

  • H27.0 Aphakia (also a header)
  • H27.1 Dislocation of lens (also a header)
  • H27.8 Other specified disorders of lens
  • H27.9 Unspecified disorder of lens

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 Other disorders of lens

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

Excludes1 - never coded here

  • congenital lens malformations (Q12.-)
  • mechanical complications of intraocular lens implant (T85.2)
  • pseudophakia (Z96.1)