H25

Non-Billable

ChapterH00–H59

Rankcategory

Official Description

Age-related cataract

Metadata & Insights

•2026 ICD-10-CM Edition - Effective October 1, 2025.
•Non-billable category (requires more specific sub-code).
•Chapter 7: Diseases of the Eye and Adnexa (H00-H59).

CH7 Parent Instructions

Excludes2(Not included here)

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)

Instructional Notes

Includes

Senile cataract

Excludes2(Not included here)

capsular glaucoma with pseudoexfoliation of lens (H40.1-)

Clinical Hierarchy

CH7Diseases of the eye and adnexa (H00-H59)

H25-H28Disorders of lens (H25-H28)

H25Age-related cataract

H25.0Age-related incipient cataract

H25.1Age-related nuclear cataract

H25.2Age-related cataract, morgagnian type

H25.8Other age-related cataract

H25.9Unspecified age-related cataract

Applicable Ancestor Context

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

chapterCH7

Diseases of the eye and adnexa (H00-H59)

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Alphabetic Index Mentions

These are Diagnosis Index lookup paths that route to H25. Use them as entry terms for search, then confirm final coding instructions in the Tabular List and notes above.

9 raw paths

Cataract (cortical) (immature) (incipient)9 unique routes

senile→H25(9 variants)

combined forms→H25

cortical→H25

incipient (mature) (total)→H25

morgagnian type (hypermature)→H25

nuclear (sclerosis)→H25

specified NEC→H25

subcapsular polar (anterior)→H25(2 variants)

posterior→H25

MS-DRG Classification

2026

No direct MS-DRG triggers identified.

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