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H26.1

H26.1: Traumatic cataract

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

H26.1 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for traumatic cataract. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Use additional code

Add a secondary code to capture the detail described below.

  • code (Chapter 20) to identify external cause

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above H26.1

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on H26: Other cataract

  • congenital cataract (Q12.0)

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 H26.1

4 child codes. Green means billable.

Other codes under H26

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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