H26.06Combined forms of infantile and juvenile cataract

H26.06 is the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for combined forms of 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 4 subcodes must be used instead.

Within H26.0 (infantile and juvenile cataract), H26.06 is specifically for combined forms of infantile and juvenile cataract. Related codes cover unspecified infantile and juvenile cataract (H26.00), infantile and juvenile cortical, lamellar, or zonular cataract (H26.01), infantile and juvenile nuclear cataract (H26.03), anterior subcapsular polar infantile and juvenile cataract (H26.04), posterior subcapsular polar infantile and juvenile cataract (H26.05) and other infantile and juvenile cataract (H26.09).

To report this condition, pick the subcode that matches the documentation: H26.061 (right eye), H26.062 (left eye), H26.063 (bilateral) and H26.069 (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.