H26.493 Other secondary cataract, bilateral

Billable ICD-10-CM code, FY2026.

Applies from H26 Other cataract

Excludes1 (never code together)

• congenital cataract (Q12.0)

MS-DRG index

Defines the logic of DRG(s) 124-125 in MDC 02.

Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)

• 366.52 Other after-cataract, not obscuring vision (approximate)
• 366.53 After-cataract, obscuring vision (approximate)

Code annotations containing back-references to H26.493

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

• H26.413 Soemmering's ring, bilateral
• H26.419 Soemmering's ring, unspecified eye
• H26.49 Other secondary cataract
• H26.491 Other secondary cataract, right eye
• H26.492 Other secondary cataract, left eye
• H26.493 Other secondary cataract, bilateral (this code)
• H26.499 Other secondary cataract, unspecified eye
• H26.8 Other specified cataract
• H26.9 Unspecified cataract