ICD-10-CM Codes
H00-H59 Diseases of the eye and adnexa
H25-H28 Disorders of lens
H25- Age-related cataract

2019 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code H25.9

Unspecified age-related cataract

2016

2017

2018

2019

Billable/Specific Code

Adult Dx (15-124 years)

H25.9 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
The 2019 edition of ICD-10-CM H25.9 became effective on October 1, 2018.
This is the American ICD-10-CM version of H25.9 - other international versions of ICD-10 H25.9 may differ.

ICD-10-CM Coding Rules

H25.9 is applicable to adult patients aged 15 - 124 years inclusive.

The following code(s) above H25.9 contain annotation back-references

Annotation Back-References

In this context, annotation back-references refer to codes that contain:

Applicable To annotations, or
Code Also annotations, or
Code First annotations, or
Excludes1 annotations, or
Excludes2 annotations, or
Includes annotations, or
Note annotations, or
Use Additional annotations

that may be applicable to H25.9:

H00-H59
2019 ICD-10-CM Range H00-H59
Diseases of the eye and adnexa
Note
- Use an external cause code following the code for the eye condition, if applicable, to identify the cause of the eye condition
Type 2 Excludes
- certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
- certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
- complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
- congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
- diabetes mellitus related eye conditions (E09.3-, E10.3-, E11.3-, E13.3-)
- endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
- injury (trauma) of eye and orbit (S05.-)
- injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
- neoplasms (C00-D49)
- symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)
- syphilis related eye disorders (A50.01, A50.3-, A51.43, A52.71)
Diseases of the eye and adnexa
H25
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code H25
Age-related cataract
Applicable To
- Senile cataract
Type 2 Excludes
- capsular glaucoma with pseudoexfoliation of lens (H40.1-)
Age-related cataract

Approximate Synonyms

Age-related cataract of left eye
Age-related cataract of right eye
Bilat age related cataract
Bilateral age related cataract
Bilaterall senile cataract
Cataract
Left age related cataract
Left senile cataract
Right age related cataract
Right senile cataract
Senile cataract

ICD-10-CM H25.9 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v36.0):

124 Other disorders of the eye with mcc
125 Other disorders of the eye without mcc

Convert H25.9 to ICD-9-CM

Code History

2016 (effective 10/1/2015): New code (first year of non-draft ICD-10-CM)
2017 (effective 10/1/2016): No change
2018 (effective 10/1/2017): No change
2019 (effective 10/1/2018): No change

Diagnosis Index entries containing back-references to H25.9:

Cataract (cortical) (immature) (incipient) H26.9
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code H26.9
Unspecified cataract
- senile H25.9

ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To H25.9

H25.21 …… right eye

H25.22 …… left eye

H25.23 …… bilateral

H25.8 Other age-related cataract

H25.81 Combined forms of age-related cataract

H25.811 …… right eye

H25.812 …… left eye

H25.813 …… bilateral

H25.819 …… unspecified eye

H25.89 Other age-related cataract

H25.9 Unspecified age-related cataract

H26 Other cataract

H26.0 Infantile and juvenile cataract

H26.00 Unspecified infantile and juvenile cataract

H26.001 …… right eye

H26.002 …… left eye

H26.003 …… bilateral

H26.009 …… unspecified eye

H26.01 Infantile and juvenile cortical, lamellar, or zonular cataract

H26.011 …… right eye

H26.012 …… left eye

Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.

2019 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code H25.9

Unspecified age-related cataract

Diseases of the eye and adnexa

Age-related cataract

Unspecified cataract