Cataract
ICD10 Diagnosis | |
Dx: | Cataract |
ICD10 code: | H26 |
Pre-ICD10 counterpart: | none assigned |
Charlson/ALERT Scale: | none |
APACHE Como Component: | none |
APACHE Acute Component: | none |
Start Date: | |
Stop Date: | |
External ICD10 Documentation |
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Additional Info
- A cataract is a clouding of the lens in the eye which leads to a decrease in vision.
Alternate ICD10s to consider coding instead or in addition
- Blindness, both eyes
- Blindness, one eye
- Macular degeneration
- Optic neuritis
- Disorder of the lens of the eye, NOS
- Disorder of the cornea
- Disorder of iris or ciliary body of eye
- Conjunctivitis, any type or cause
- Disorder of lacrimal system
- Retinal tear, detatchment, or break
- Papilledema
- Retinopathy or retinal disorder, NOS
- Hemorrhage, retinal
- Endophthalmitis, infectious
- Disorder of conjunctiva, NOS
Candidate Combined ICD10 codes
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