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Z98.41

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Cataract extraction status, right eye

This code does not map to an HCC category in any model (V28, V24, ESRD, RxHCC).

What This Code Means

A patient has had the cloudy lens of the right eye surgically removed (cataract extraction).

Coding Tips

  • •Specify the eye (right, left, or bilateral) using the appropriate 5th character
  • •Document whether an intraocular lens implant was placed for more complete clinical picture

Code Hierarchy

└Z98Other postprocedural states└Z98.4Cataract extraction status└Z98.41Cataract extraction status, right eye
└Z98.41Cataract extraction status, right eye

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