Diseases of the eye and adnexa (H00-H59)

Note:
Use an external cause code following the code for the eye condition, if applicable, to identify the cause of the eye condition
Excludes 2:
certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
diabetes mellitus related eye conditions (E09.3-, E10.3-, E11.3-, E13.3-)
endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
injury (trauma) of eye and orbit (S05.-)
injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
neoplasms (C00-D49)
symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)
syphilis related eye disorders (A50.01, A50.3-, A51.43, A52.71)

Disorders of lens (H25-H28)

H25 Age-related cataract [+]
Senile cataract
Excludes 2: capsular glaucoma with pseudoexfoliation of lens (H40.1-)
H26 Other cataract [+]
Excludes 1: congenital cataract (Q12.0)
H27 Other disorders of lens [+]
Excludes 1: congenital lens malformations (Q12.-)
mechanical complications of intraocular lens implant (T85.2)
pseudophakia (Z96.1)
H28 Cataract in diseases classified elsewhere
Code first underlying disease, such as:
hypoparathyroidism (E20.-)
myotonia (G71.1-)
myxedema (E03.-)
protein-calorie malnutrition (E40-E46)
Excludes 1: cataract in diabetes mellitus (E08.36, E09.36, E10.36, E11.36, E13.36)

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