H25

Non-Billable

ChapterH00–H59

Rankcategory

Official Description

Age-related cataract

Use a more specific code (1 billable, 4 non-billable)

Metadata & Insights

Excludes2(Not included here. Code separately if applicable.)

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)

Includes

Excludes2(Not included here. Code separately if applicable.)

BillableHas subcodes

CH7Diseases of the eye and adnexa (H00-H59)

H25-H28Disorders of lens (H25-H28)

H25Age-related cataractNot billable

H25.0Age-related incipient cataractSubcodes

H25.1Age-related nuclear cataractSubcodes

H25.2Age-related cataract, morgagnian typeSubcodes

H25.8Other age-related cataractSubcodes

H25.9Unspecified age-related cataractBillable

The following parent sections contain instructions or notes that apply to H25:

chapterCH7

Diseases of the eye and adnexa (H00-H59)

2026

No direct MS-DRG triggers identified.

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