Deleted 2026 ICD-10 Codes
For the fiscal year 2026, a total of 16 ICD-10-CM codes have been deleted.
This is a routine part of the annual code set maintenance, designed to remove outdated or redundant codes, often to make way for more precise alternatives. The majority of the deletions this year come from Chapter 21 - Factors influencing health status and contact with health services (Z00–Z99), which saw 5 codes removed. Additionally, Chapter 4 - Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00–E89) had 3 codes deleted.
Below is the complete summary of all codes deleted for the 2026 fiscal year.
- Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00–B99) 1
- Diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs and certain disorders involving the immune mechanism (D50–D89) 1
- Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00–E89) 3
- Diseases of the nervous system (G00–G99) 1
- Diseases of the eye and adnexa (H00–H59) 1
- Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99) 2
- Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00–R99) 2
- Factors influencing health status and contact with health services (Z00–Z99) 5
Chapter 1: Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00–B99)
- B88.0 - Other acariasis
Chapter 3: Diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs and certain disorders involving the immune mechanism (D50–D89)
- D71 - Functional disorders of polymorphonuclear neutrophils
Chapter 4: Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00–E89)
- E72.53 - Primary hyperoxaluria
- E78.01 - Familial hypercholesterolemia
- E88.1 - Lipodystrophy, not elsewhere classified
Chapter 6: Diseases of the nervous system (G00–G99)
- G35 - Multiple sclerosis
Chapter 7: Diseases of the eye and adnexa (H00–H59)
- H01.8 - Other specified inflammations of eyelid
