Category: H26 - Other cataract
Chapter Notes
Other cataract
congenital cataract (Q12.0)
Infantile and juvenile cataract
Unspecified infantile and juvenile cataract
Unspecified infantile and juvenile cataract, right eye
Unspecified infantile and juvenile cataract, left eye
Unspecified infantile and juvenile cataract, bilateral
Unspecified infantile and juvenile cataract, unspecified eye
Infantile and juvenile cortical, lamellar, or zonular cataract
Infantile and juvenile cortical, lamellar, or zonular cataract, right eye
Infantile and juvenile cortical, lamellar, or zonular cataract, left eye
Infantile and juvenile cortical, lamellar, or zonular cataract, bilateral
Infantile and juvenile cortical, lamellar, or zonular cataract, unspecified eye
Infantile and juvenile nuclear cataract
Infantile and juvenile nuclear cataract, right eye
Infantile and juvenile nuclear cataract, left eye
Infantile and juvenile nuclear cataract, bilateral
Infantile and juvenile nuclear cataract, unspecified eye
Anterior subcapsular polar infantile and juvenile cataract
Anterior subcapsular polar infantile and juvenile cataract, right eye
Anterior subcapsular polar infantile and juvenile cataract, left eye
Anterior subcapsular polar infantile and juvenile cataract, bilateral
Anterior subcapsular polar infantile and juvenile cataract, unspecified eye
Posterior subcapsular polar infantile and juvenile cataract
Posterior subcapsular polar infantile and juvenile cataract, right eye
Posterior subcapsular polar infantile and juvenile cataract, left eye
Posterior subcapsular polar infantile and juvenile cataract, bilateral
Posterior subcapsular polar infantile and juvenile cataract, unspecified eye
Combined forms of infantile and juvenile cataract
Combined forms of infantile and juvenile cataract, right eye
Combined forms of infantile and juvenile cataract, left eye
Combined forms of infantile and juvenile cataract, bilateral
Combined forms of infantile and juvenile cataract, unspecified eye
Other infantile and juvenile cataract
Traumatic cataract
Use additional code (Chapter 20) to identify external cause
Unspecified traumatic cataract
Unspecified traumatic cataract, right eye
Unspecified traumatic cataract, left eye
Unspecified traumatic cataract, bilateral
Unspecified traumatic cataract, unspecified eye
Localized traumatic opacities
Localized traumatic opacities, right eye
Localized traumatic opacities, left eye
Localized traumatic opacities, bilateral
Localized traumatic opacities, unspecified eye
Partially resolved traumatic cataract
Partially resolved traumatic cataract, right eye
Partially resolved traumatic cataract, left eye
Partially resolved traumatic cataract, bilateral
Partially resolved traumatic cataract, unspecified eye
Total traumatic cataract
Total traumatic cataract, right eye
Total traumatic cataract, left eye
Total traumatic cataract, bilateral
Total traumatic cataract, unspecified eye
Complicated cataract
Unspecified complicated cataract
Cataracta complicata NOS
Cataract with neovascularization
Code also, if applicable, associated condition, such as:
chronic iridocyclitis (H20.1-)
Cataract with neovascularization, right eye
Cataract with neovascularization, left eye
Cataract with neovascularization, bilateral
Cataract with neovascularization, unspecified eye
Cataract secondary to ocular disorders (degenerative) (inflammatory)
Code also associated ocular disorder
Cataract secondary to ocular disorders (degenerative) (inflammatory), right eye
Cataract secondary to ocular disorders (degenerative) (inflammatory), left eye
Cataract secondary to ocular disorders (degenerative) (inflammatory), bilateral
Cataract secondary to ocular disorders (degenerative) (inflammatory), unspecified eye
Glaucomatous flecks (subcapsular)
Code first underlying glaucoma (H40-H42)
Glaucomatous flecks (subcapsular), right eye
Glaucomatous flecks (subcapsular), left eye
Glaucomatous flecks (subcapsular), bilateral
Glaucomatous flecks (subcapsular), unspecified eye
Drug-induced cataract
Toxic cataract
Use additional code for adverse effect, if applicable, to identify drug (T36-T50 with fifth or sixth character 5)
Drug-induced cataract, unspecified eye
Drug-induced cataract, right eye
Drug-induced cataract, left eye
Drug-induced cataract, bilateral
Secondary cataract
Unspecified secondary cataract
Soemmering's ring
Soemmering's ring, right eye
Soemmering's ring, left eye
Soemmering's ring, bilateral
Soemmering's ring, unspecified eye
Other secondary cataract
Other secondary cataract, right eye
Other secondary cataract, left eye
Other secondary cataract, bilateral
Other secondary cataract, unspecified eye
Other specified cataract
Unspecified cataract
