H27.0
ICD-10Non-billable categoryAphakia
Official ICD-10-CM descriptor (FY2026)
Aphakia
H27.0 is a category heading, not a billable code. CMS does not accept it on a claim; report one of the more specific codes beneath it.
Inclusion terms
- Acquired absence of lens
- Acquired aphakia
- Aphakia due to trauma
Excludes1
Not coded here. An Excludes1 code should never be reported at the same time as the code above it.
- cataract extraction status (Z98.4-)
- congenital absence of lens (Q12.3)
- congenital aphakia (Q12.3)
ICD-10-CM FY2026 defines 4 codes beneath H27.0. See the ICD-10-CM index for what this site publishes.
Related codes in H27
Where this code sits
- Parent code
- H27
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ICD-10-CM FY2026. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) / National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), “2026 ICD-10-CM Code Descriptions in Tabular Order” (icd10cm_order_2026.txt). Download the original file from cms.gov. Public domain (US Government work). Descriptors, billable flags and instructional notes on this page are reproduced from that file without modification. Krasyn adds no clinical guidance.