H25.09Other age-related incipient cataract

H25.09 is the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for other age-related incipient cataract. It belongs to category H25 (age-related cataract), block H25-H28 (disorders of lens) and chapter 7 (diseases of the eye and adnexa). It is a header code, so it can't be reported by itself; one of its 4 subcodes must be used instead.

Within H25.0, choose H25.09 (Other age-related incipient cataract) only when documentation doesn't support a more specific option: cortical age-related cataract (H25.01), anterior subcapsular polar age-related cataract (H25.03) and posterior subcapsular polar age-related cataract (H25.04).

To report this condition, pick the subcode that matches the documentation: H25.091 (right eye), H25.092 (left eye), H25.093 (bilateral) and H25.099 (unspecified eye).

It has been part of ICD-10-CM since the code set took effect on October 1, 2015 and hasn't changed since.