H26.21
Cataract with neovascularization
H26.21 is a non-billable ICD-10-CM code header for cataract with neovascularization. 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 H26.211 Cataract with neovascularization, right eye; H26.212 Cataract with neovascularization, left eye; H26.213 Cataract with neovascularization, bilateral and H26.219 Cataract with neovascularization, unspecified eye. Its coding notes include a Code also instruction, 1 Excludes1 entry and 11 Excludes2 entries.
Code also
Two codes may be needed to describe the condition. This note gives no sequencing order.
- , if applicable, associated condition, such as:
- chronic iridocyclitis (H20.1-)
Excludes1
Not coded here. The listed conditions generally should not be reported together.
Excludes2
Not included here. Both codes may be reported if the patient has both conditions.
Also from chapter/block level (11 notes)
- 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)
Notes
Also from chapter/block level (1 note)
- Use an external cause code following the code for the eye condition, if applicable, to identify the cause of the eye condition
Alphabetic Index terms
Terms the official Alphabetic Index lists for this code. 1 entry