H26.4 Secondary cataract

Non-billable header with 3 child codes.

Applies from H26 Other cataract

Excludes1 (never code together)

• congenital cataract (Q12.0)

Codes under H26.4

• H26.40 Unspecified secondary cataract
• H26.41 Soemmering's ring
• H26.49 Other secondary cataract

Code annotations containing back-references to H26.4

Back-references to H26.4

• Type 1 Excludes: H59 Intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of eye and adnexa, not elsewhere classified ("secondary cataracts (H26.4-)")

Nearby codes

• H26.3 Drug-induced cataract
• H26.30 Drug-induced cataract, unspecified eye
• H26.31 Drug-induced cataract, right eye
• H26.32 Drug-induced cataract, left eye
• H26.33 Drug-induced cataract, bilateral
• H26.4 Secondary cataract (this code)
• H26.40 Unspecified secondary cataract
• H26.41 Soemmering's ring
• H26.411 Soemmering's ring, right eye
• H26.412 Soemmering's ring, left eye
• H26.413 Soemmering's ring, bilateral