OCT 20, 2015
Linking ICD-10 codes for bilateral age-related nuclear cataracts
Question: The patient is diagnosed with bilateral age-related nuclear cataracts. The doctor determined that cataract surgery should be performed in the right eye and an A-scan performed the same day. How should the ICD-10 codes should be linked?
Answer: Submit the appropriate level of E/M or Eye visit code linked with either H25.13 Bilateral age-related nuclear cataracts, or two diagnoses H25.11 Right eye and H25.12 Left eye. Link H25.11 Right eye to the A-scan 76519 or 92136.