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Diseases of the eye and adnexa
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Other cataract
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2022 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code H26.012
2022 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code H26.012
Infantile and juvenile cortical, lamellar, or zonular cataract, left eye
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 Billable/Specific Code Pediatric Dx (0-17 years)
- H26.012 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
- Short description: Infantile and juv cortical/lamellar/zonular cataract, l eye
- The 2022 edition of ICD-10-CM H26.012 became effective on October 1, 2021.
- This is the American ICD-10-CM version of H26.012 - other international versions of ICD-10 H26.012 may differ.
ICD-10-CM Coding Rules
- H26.012 is applicable to pediatric patients aged 0 - 17 years inclusive.
The following code(s) above
H26.012 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
H26.012:
ICD-10-CM H26.012 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v39.0):
- 124 Other disorders of the eye with mcc
- 125 Other disorders of the eye without mcc
Convert H26.012 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
- 2020 (effective 10/1/2019): No change
- 2021 (effective 10/1/2020): No change
- 2022 (effective 10/1/2021): No change
ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To H26.012
H25.9 Unspecified age-related cataract
H26.0 Infantile and juvenile cataract
H26.00 Unspecified infantile and juvenile cataract
H26.01 Infantile and juvenile cortical, lamellar, or zonular cataract
H26.012
…… left eye
H26.03 Infantile and juvenile nuclear cataract
H26.04 Anterior subcapsular polar infantile and juvenile cataract
Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.