Q12.8
Other congenital lens malformations
Billable FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
Exclusions 7 never code together
Q10-Q18block
Excludes2
- cleft lip and cleft palate (Q35-Q37)Q35-Q37
- congenital malformation of cervical spine (Q05.0, Q05.5, Q67.5, Q76.0-Q76.4)Q05.0Q05.5Q67.5Q76.0-Q76.4
- congenital malformation of larynx (Q31.-)Q31.-
- congenital malformation of lip NEC (Q38.0)Q38.0
- congenital malformation of nose (Q30.-)Q30.-
- congenital malformation of parathyroid gland (Q89.2)Q89.2
- congenital malformation of thyroid gland (Q89.2)Q89.2
Excludes2 — not included here, but the patient may have both. Code both when documented.
Instructional notes 1
Q12.8code
Inclusion terms
- Microphakia
Index entries leading here 8
- Persistence, persistent (congenital)
- capsule (opaque) Q12.8
- Cyst (colloid) (mucous) (simple) (retention)
- Distortion (s) (congenital)
- lens Q12.8
- Hypoplasia, hypoplastic
- zonule (ciliary) Q12.8
- Lenticonus (anterior) (posterior) (congenital) Q12.8
- Lentiglobus (posterior) (congenital) Q12.8
- Microlentia (congenital) Q12.8
- Microphakia (congenital) Q12.8
Alongside this code 6 same parent — Q12
Additional references
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