H25.1
H25.1 — Age-related nuclear cataract
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
H25.1 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for age-related nuclear cataract. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Cataracta brunescens
- Nuclear sclerosis cataract
Risk adjustment
H25.1 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.
Code to one of these instead H25.1
4 child codes. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share H25. If H25.1 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about H25.1
- Is H25.1 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. H25.1 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does H25.1 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the eye and adnexa (H00-H59), in the block Disorders of lens (H25-H28).