The ICD-10-CM Code H25.032 is for the anterior subcapsular polar.
How many different types of cataracts are there?There are close to 70, ranging from age-related to zonular cataracts.Reporting laterality.For some codes, there is a number to indicate laterality: 1 for the right eye, 2 for left eye and 3 for both eyes.For most codes that require laterality, you report this number as the sixth character, but there are some codes where it is the fifth character.You don't report laterality for other codes.Cataract codes can be found in the following chapters.Chapter 7 Eye and Ocular Adnexa.The most-used diagnoses can be found in the Disorders of lens section.The Web Extra contains a conversion table of the most common ICD-9 cataracts codes.Chapter 4 contains diseases of the metabolism.There are examples of Type 1 and 2 diabetes, Hypoparathyroidism, and Endocrine disease.Chapter 17 deals with congenital malformations.Q12.0 is a representation of anterior and posterior embryonal, pyramidal, blue, central, cerulean, congenital, coralliform, coronary, and crystalline cataracts.Chapter 6 deals with diseases of the nervous system.Other specified myotonic disorders.Local coverage determinations (LCDs) require more than the traditional cataract diagnosis codes.To show why the surgery qualifies as complex, you must report one of the following codes.
There are different types of cataracts.There are close to 70, ranging from age-related to zonular cataracts.
Reporting laterality.For some codes, there is a number to indicate laterality: 1 for the right eye, 2 for left eye and 3 for both eyes.For most codes that require laterality, you report this number as the sixth character, but there are some codes where it is the fifth character.You don't report laterality for other codes.
Local coverage determinations require more than traditional cataract diagnosis codes when you submit a CPT code.To show why the surgery qualifies as complex, you must report one of the following codes.