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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

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above H25.1

Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.

Written on H25: Age-related cataract

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

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Code to one of these instead H25.1

4 child codes. Green means billable.

Other codes under H25

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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