ICD-10-CM 2027 diagnosis code
H26.0Infantile and juvenile cataract
H26.0 is a header code, so it can't be reported by itself. Choose one of the 7 more specific codes beneath it.
Code unchanged since ICD-10-CM took effect on October 1, 2015. Source: official FY2027 ICD-10-CM release from CDC/NCHS and CMS. Page updated September 29, 2026. About our data
About H26.0
H26.0 is the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for infantile and juvenile cataract. It belongs to category H26 (other 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 7 subcodes must be used instead.
Within H26 (other cataract), H26.0 is specifically for infantile and juvenile cataract. Related codes cover traumatic cataract (H26.1), complicated cataract (H26.2), drug-induced cataract (H26.3), secondary cataract (H26.4), other specified cataract (H26.8) and unspecified cataract (H26.9).
To report this condition, pick the subcode that matches the documentation: H26.00 (cataract), H26.01 (cataract), H26.03 (cataract), H26.04 (cataract), H26.05 (cataract), H26.06 (cataract) and H26.09 (cataract).
It has been part of ICD-10-CM since the code set took effect on October 1, 2015 and hasn't changed since.
Specific codes under H26.0
- H26.00Unspecified infantile and juvenile cataract
- H26.01Infantile and juvenile cortical, lamellar, or zonular cataract
- H26.011Infantile and juvenile cortical, lamellar, or zonular cataract, right eyeBillable
- H26.012Infantile and juvenile cortical, lamellar, or zonular cataract, left eyeBillable
- H26.013Infantile and juvenile cortical, lamellar, or zonular cataract, bilateralBillable
- H26.019Infantile and juvenile cortical, lamellar, or zonular cataract, unspecified eyeBillable
- H26.03Infantile and juvenile nuclear cataract
- H26.04Anterior subcapsular polar infantile and juvenile cataract
- H26.041Anterior subcapsular polar infantile and juvenile cataract, right eyeBillable
- H26.042Anterior subcapsular polar infantile and juvenile cataract, left eyeBillable
- H26.043Anterior subcapsular polar infantile and juvenile cataract, bilateralBillable
- H26.049Anterior subcapsular polar infantile and juvenile cataract, unspecified eyeBillable
- H26.05Posterior subcapsular polar infantile and juvenile cataract
- H26.051Posterior subcapsular polar infantile and juvenile cataract, right eyeBillable
- H26.052Posterior subcapsular polar infantile and juvenile cataract, left eyeBillable
- H26.053Posterior subcapsular polar infantile and juvenile cataract, bilateralBillable
- H26.059Posterior subcapsular polar infantile and juvenile cataract, unspecified eyeBillable
- H26.06Combined forms of infantile and juvenile cataract
- H26.061Combined forms of infantile and juvenile cataract, right eyeBillable
- H26.062Combined forms of infantile and juvenile cataract, left eyeBillable
- H26.063Combined forms of infantile and juvenile cataract, bilateralBillable
- H26.069Combined forms of infantile and juvenile cataract, unspecified eyeBillable
- H26.09Other infantile and juvenile cataractBillable
Notes that apply from higher levels
Instructions written at a parent level also apply to H26.0.
› From H26 Other cataract
- congenital cataract (Q12.0)
Broader instructions also apply from Chapter 7: Diseases of the eye and adnexa.
Code history
- 2016
- 2017
- 2018
- 2019
- 2020
- 2021
- 2022
- 2023
- 2024
- 2025
- 2026
- 2027
- FY2016 (effective 10/1/2015): Added (first year of ICD-10-CM)
- No changes since FY2016.
Common questions about H26.0
Is H26.0 billable?
- No. H26.0 is a header code. Report one of its more specific subcodes instead.