LA12.1

ICD-11 MMS 2026-01

Congenital cataract

Description

Partial or complete opacity on or in the lens or capsule of one or both eyes, impairing vision or causing blindness; typically diagnosed at birth

Index terms

  • Congenital cataract
  • congenita cataracta
  • congenital cortical cataract
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  • crystalline cataract
  • Volkmann-type congenital cataract
  • Pulverulent cataract
  • Dusty cataract
  • Cataract with Y-shaped suture opacities
  • Coppock-like cataract
  • Hutterite-type cataract
  • Anterior polar cataract
  • Anterior subcapsular cataract
  • Cerulean cataract
  • Blue-dot cataract
  • Cataracta cerulea
  • Cerulea cataracta
  • Coralliform cataract
  • Cataracta coralliformis
  • Coralliformis cataracta
  • Nuclear cataract
  • Partial congenital cataract
  • Posterior polar cataract
  • Total congenital cataract
  • Zonular cataract
  • Lamellar cataract
  • Coronary cataract
  • coronaria cataracta
  • Anterior pyramidal cataract
  • Central cataract
  • Centralis pulverulenta cataracta
  • Anterior and posterior axial embryonal cataract

Exclusions from above levels

  • http://id.who.int/icd/entity/733825440 – Inborn errors of metabolism

Sibling codes

  • LA12.0 – Coloboma of lens
  • LA12.2 – Congenital aphakia
  • LA12.3 – Spherophakia
  • LA12.Y – Other specified structural developmental anomalies of lens or zonula
  • LA12.Z – Structural developmental anomalies of lens or zonula, unspecified

Foundation entity

Congenital cataract – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/1080602978

Allowed postcoordination axes

Part of: LA12: Structural developmental anomalies of lens or zonula › 20: Developmental anomalies