H25
Age-related cataract
Non-billable headerNot valid on its own. Use one of the more specific codes under it.
H25 is a non-billable ICD-10-CM code category for age-related cataract. Report a more specific code from it instead. It is part of the FY2027 code set, effective October 1, 2026. The more specific codes under it are H25.0 Age-related incipient cataract; H25.1 Age-related nuclear cataract; H25.2 Age-related cataract, morgagnian type; H25.8 Other age-related cataract and 1 more. Its coding notes include 12 Excludes2 entries.
Excludes2
Not included here. Both codes may be reported if the patient has both conditions.
This code
- capsular glaucoma with pseudoexfoliation of lens (H40.1-)
Also from chapter/block level (11 notes)
Inherited from Chapter 7 Diseases of the eye and adnexa
- 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)
Inclusion terms
Conditions classified to this code.
This code
- Senile cataract
Notes
Also from chapter/block level (1 note)
Inherited from Chapter 7 Diseases of the eye and adnexa
- Use an external cause code following the code for the eye condition, if applicable, to identify the cause of the eye condition