H27.0
H27.0: Aphakia
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
H27.0 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for aphakia. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Excludes1: never code together
These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Acquired absence of lens
- Acquired aphakia
- Aphakia due to trauma
Other codes that can never be billed with H27.0
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
- Z98.4Cataract extraction status
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 H27.0
4 child codes. Green means billable.