ICD-10:
Look to H26.0-- Codes for Nonsenile Cataracts
Published on Thu Aug 07, 2014
Use sixth character to specify which eye is affected. In a previous issue, we looked at the changes coming in diagnosis coding for senile cataracts (see “Get to Know the New Senile Cataract Codes,” Ophthalmology Coding Alert, Vol. 17 No. 7). Similar changes are coming for the nonsenile cataract codes; as we’ve seen with most of the eye and adnexa [...]