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cataract surgery

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Cataract surgery, also called lens replacement surgery, is the removal of the natural lens of the eye that has developed a cataract, an opaque or cloudy area. The eye's natural lens is usually replaced with an artificial intraocular lens (IOL) implant. Over time, metabolic changes of the crystalline lens fibres lead to the development of a cataract, causing impairment or loss of vision...
Related Codes (15)
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H59.0Disorders of the eye following cataract surgery
H59.012Keratopathy (bullous aphakic) following cataract surgery, left eye
H59.019Keratopathy (bullous aphakic) following cataract surgery, unspecified eye
H59.02Cataract (lens) fragments in eye following cataract surgery
H59.021Cataract (lens) fragments in eye following cataract surgery, right eye
H59.03Cystoid macular edema following cataract surgery
H59.031Cystoid macular edema following cataract surgery, right eye
H59.032Cystoid macular edema following cataract surgery, left eye
H59.033Cystoid macular edema following cataract surgery, bilateral
H59.039Cystoid macular edema following cataract surgery, unspecified eye

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