H26.031 is the authoritative medical code for Infantile and juvenile nuclear cataract, right eye. This classification is used in medical billing and clinical recording to specify the clinical criteria for infantile and juvenile nuclear cataract, right eye (ICD-10-CM H26.031), ensuring healthcare documentation aligns with 2026 federal coding standards.
Billing Status: YES. This is a valid, specific, and billable ICD-10-CM reference.
Official Registry Overview & Definition
Infantile and juvenile nuclear cataract, right eye is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code H26.031. Excludes1 (not coded here): congenital cataract Q12.0.
Official Tabular Instructional Notes
Sequencing, inclusion, and exclusion notes published for H26.031 in the official ICD-10-CM tabular list.
Excludes1 — Not Coded Here
Conditions that can never be reported with this code; the two are mutually exclusive.
- congenital cataract Q12.0
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) & Clinical Guidance
What can't be coded together with H26.031?
Per Excludes1 instructions, H26.031 must not be reported with: congenital cataract (Q12.0).
Codes in This Family (40)
Official ICD-10-CM classifications in the same code family as H26.031, with their registry titles.
- H26 — Other cataract
- H26.0 — Infantile and juvenile cataract
- H26.00 — Unspecified infantile and juvenile cataract
- H26.001 — Unspecified infantile and juvenile cataract, right eye
- H26.002 — Unspecified infantile and juvenile cataract, left eye
- H26.003 — Unspecified infantile and juvenile cataract, bilateral
- H26.009 — Unspecified infantile and juvenile cataract, unspecified eye
- H26.01 — Infantile and juvenile cortical, lamellar, or zonular cataract
- H26.011 — Infantile and juvenile cortical, lamellar, or zonular cataract, right eye
- H26.012 — Infantile and juvenile cortical, lamellar, or zonular cataract, left eye
- H26.013 — Infantile and juvenile cortical, lamellar, or zonular cataract, bilateral
- H26.019 — Infantile and juvenile cortical, lamellar, or zonular cataract, unspecified eye
- H26.03 — Infantile and juvenile nuclear cataract
- H26.032 — Infantile and juvenile nuclear cataract, left eye
- H26.033 — Infantile and juvenile nuclear cataract, bilateral
- H26.039 — Infantile and juvenile nuclear cataract, unspecified eye
- H26.04 — Anterior subcapsular polar infantile and juvenile cataract
- H26.041 — Anterior subcapsular polar infantile and juvenile cataract, right eye
- H26.042 — Anterior subcapsular polar infantile and juvenile cataract, left eye
- H26.043 — Anterior subcapsular polar infantile and juvenile cataract, bilateral
- H26.049 — Anterior subcapsular polar infantile and juvenile cataract, unspecified eye
- H26.05 — Posterior subcapsular polar infantile and juvenile cataract
- H26.051 — Posterior subcapsular polar infantile and juvenile cataract, right eye
- H26.052 — Posterior subcapsular polar infantile and juvenile cataract, left eye
- H26.053 — Posterior subcapsular polar infantile and juvenile cataract, bilateral
- H26.059 — Posterior subcapsular polar infantile and juvenile cataract, unspecified eye
- H26.06 — Combined forms of infantile and juvenile cataract
- H26.061 — Combined forms of infantile and juvenile cataract, right eye
- H26.062 — Combined forms of infantile and juvenile cataract, left eye
- H26.063 — Combined forms of infantile and juvenile cataract, bilateral
- H26.069 — Combined forms of infantile and juvenile cataract, unspecified eye
- H26.09 — Other infantile and juvenile cataract
- H26.1 — Traumatic cataract
- H26.10 — Unspecified traumatic cataract
- H26.101 — Unspecified traumatic cataract, right eye
- H26.102 — Unspecified traumatic cataract, left eye
- H26.103 — Unspecified traumatic cataract, bilateral
- H26.109 — Unspecified traumatic cataract, unspecified eye
- H26.11 — Localized traumatic opacities
- H26.111 — Localized traumatic opacities, right eye
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