Q12.8 Other congenital lens malformations

Billable ICD-10-CM code, FY2026. Exempt from present-on-admission (POA) reporting.

Applicable to

• Microphakia

MS-DRG index

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

Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)

• 743.36 Congenital anomalies of lens shape (approximate)

Code annotations containing back-references to Q12.8

Back-references to Q12

• Type 1 Excludes: H27 Other disorders of lens ("congenital lens malformations (Q12.-)")

Diagnosis Index entries for Q12.8

• Cyst (colloid) (mucous) (simple) (retention) › lens › congenital
• Distortion (s) (congenital) › lens
• Hypoplasia, hypoplastic › zonule (ciliary)
• Lenticonus (anterior) (posterior) (congenital)
• Lentiglobus (posterior) (congenital)
• Microlentia (congenital)
• Microphakia (congenital)
• Persistence, persistent (congenital) › capsule (opaque)

Nearby codes

• Q12.0 Congenital cataract
• Q12.1 Congenital displaced lens
• Q12.2 Coloboma of lens
• Q12.3 Congenital aphakia
• Q12.4 Spherophakia
• Q12.8 Other congenital lens malformations (this code)
• Q12.9 Congenital lens malformation, unspecified