Diagnosis Code

Q12.0 CONGENITAL CATARACT


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: Q12.0

Short Description: Congenital cataract

Long Description: Congenital cataract

The code Q12.0 is VALID for claim submission

Code Classification:

  • Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
    • Congenital malformations of eye, ear, face and neck (Q10-Q18)
      • Congenital lens malformations (Q12)
        • Q12.0 Congenital cataract

Code Version: 2022 ICD-10-CM


Synonyms

  • Absence deformity of leg and congenital cataract syndrome
  • Anal atresia
  • Anterior subcapsular polar cataract of left eye
  • Anterior subcapsular polar cataract of left eye
  • Anterior subcapsular polar cataract of right eye
  • Anterior subcapsular polar cataract of right eye
  • Bilateral anterior subcapsular polar cataract
  • Bilateral congenital anterior subcapsular polar cataracts
  • Bilateral congenital capsular cataracts
  • Bilateral congenital cataract of eyes
  • Bilateral congenital cataract of eyes
  • Bilateral congenital cataract of eyes
  • Bilateral congenital combined form cataract of eyes
  • Bilateral congenital cortical cataract of eyes
  • Bilateral congenital nuclear cataracts of eyes
  • Bilateral congenital posterior subcapsular polar cataracts of eyes
  • Bilateral congenital zonular cataract
  • Cataract and microcornea syndrome
  • Cataract glaucoma syndrome
  • Cataract of lens capsule of bilateral eyes
  • Cataract of posterior subcapsule of bilateral eyes
  • Cataract of posterior subcapsule of left eye
  • Cataract of posterior subcapsule of left eye
  • Cataract of posterior subcapsule of right eye
  • Cataract of posterior subcapsule of right eye
  • Cataract, congenital heart disease, neural tube defect syndrome
  • Congenital anterior polar cataract
  • Congenital anterior polar cataract
  • Congenital anterior subcapsular polar cataract
  • Congenital anterior subcapsular polar cataract of left eye
  • Congenital anterior subcapsular polar cataract of right eye
  • Congenital blue dot cataract
  • Congenital capsular cataract
  • Congenital cataract
  • Congenital cataract ichthyosis syndrome
  • Congenital cataract of left eye
  • Congenital cataract of right eye
  • Congenital cataract with ataxia and deafness syndrome
  • Congenital cataract with deafness and hypogonadism syndrome
  • Congenital cataract with hypertrichosis and intellectual disability syndrome
  • Congenital cataract, hearing loss, severe developmental delay syndrome
  • Congenital cataract, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, mitochondrial myopathy syndrome
  • Congenital cataract, progressive muscular hypotonia, hearing loss, developmental delay syndrome
  • Congenital cataracts, facial dysmorphism and neuropathy
  • Congenital coloboma of bilateral irides
  • Congenital coloboma of iris
  • Congenital coloboma of iris of left eye
  • Congenital coloboma of iris of right eye
  • Congenital combined form cataract
  • Congenital cortical cataract
  • Congenital cortical cataract of left eye
  • Congenital cortical cataract of right eye
  • Congenital endocardial fibroelastosis
  • Congenital glaucoma of bilateral eyes
  • Congenital glaucoma of left eye
  • Congenital glaucoma of right eye
  • Congenital lamellar cataract
  • Congenital malformation of anterior pituitary
  • Congenital membranous cataract
  • Congenital nuclear cataract of left eye
  • Congenital nuclear cataract of right eye
  • Congenital polar cataract
  • Congenital porencephaly
  • Congenital posterior polar cataract
  • Congenital posterior subcapsular polar cataract
  • Congenital posterior subcapsular polar cataract of left eye
  • Congenital posterior subcapsular polar cataract of right eye
  • Congenital subcapsular cataract
  • Congenital sutural cataract
  • Congenital total cataract
  • Congenital total cataract
  • Congenital zonular cataract
  • Coralliform cataract
  • Cortical and zonular cataract
  • Crome syndrome
  • Dandy-Walker syndrome
  • Disorder of cholesterol metabolism
  • Disorder of cholesterol synthesis
  • Distal spinal muscular atrophy
  • EDICT syndrome
  • Embryonal nuclear cataract
  • Endocardial fibroelastosis
  • Familial progressive retinal dystrophy, iris coloboma, congenital cataract syndrome
  • Hutterite type cataract
  • Hydrocephalus with endocardial fibroelastosis and cataract syndrome
  • Hypergonadotropic hypogonadism with cataract syndrome
  • Hypertrophic mitochondrial cardiomyopathy
  • Hypomyelination and congenital cataract
  • Inborn error of lipoprotein metabolism
  • Intellectual disability, cataract, calcified pinna, myopathy syndrome
  • ITPA-related lethal infantile neurological disorder with cataract and cardiac involvement
  • Karandikar Maria Kamble syndrome
  • Left congenital capsular cataract
  • Left congenital combined form cataract
  • Left ventricular myocardial noncompaction cardiomyopathy
  • Lethal left ventricular non-compaction, seizures, hypotonia, cataract, developmental delay syndrome
  • Martsolf syndrome
  • Mature cataract
  • Mature cataract
  • Microcephaly, congenital cataract, psoriasiform dermatitis syndrome
  • Microcornea
  • Nathalie syndrome
  • Nuclear cataract
  • Nuclear cataract
  • Nuclear cataract
  • Nuclear cataract
  • Osteogenesis imperfecta, perinatal lethal
  • Osteogenesis imperfecta, recessive perinatal lethal, with microcephaly AND cataracts
  • Pinnal calcification
  • Porencephaly, microcephaly, bilateral congenital cataract syndrome
  • Posterior subcapsular polar cataract of bilateral eyes
  • Posterior subcapsular polar cataract of left eye
  • Posterior subcapsular polar cataract of left eye
  • Posterior subcapsular polar cataract of right eye
  • Posterior subcapsular polar cataract of right eye
  • Psoriasiform dermatitis
  • Pulverulent cataract
  • Punctate cataract
  • RAB18 deficiency
  • Right congenital capsular cataract
  • Right congenital combined form cataract
  • Spinal muscular atrophy, Dandy-Walker malformation, cataract syndrome
  • Spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia, craniosynostosis, cleft palate, cataract and intellectual disability syndrome
  • Ventricular myocardial noncompaction cardiomyopathy
  • Wellesley Carman French syndrome

Diagnostic Related Group(s)

The code Q12.0 is grouped in the following Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v39.0)
  • Other Disorders Of The Eye With Mcc Or Thrombolytic Agent (124)
  • Other Disorders Of The Eye Without Mcc (125)

Crosswalk Information

ICD-10 Code ICD-9 Code ICD-9 Description
Q12.0 Right Arrow 743.30 Congenital cataract NOS

This ICD-10 to ICD-9 data is based on the 2018 General Equivalency Mapping (GEM) files published by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for informational purposes only. The data is not an ICD-10 conversion tool and doesn’t guarantee clinical accuracy.

Similar Codes

ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
Q12 Congenital lens malformations
Q12.1 Congenital displaced lens
Q12.2 Coloboma of lens
Q12.3 Congenital aphakia
Q12.4 Spherophakia
Q12.8 Other congenital lens malformations
Q12.9 Congenital lens malformation, unspecified


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