Cataract Surgery (1347)    NLM VALUE SETS (802.2)

Name Value
NAME Cataract Surgery
OID 2.16.840.1.113883.3.526.3.1411
SHORT ID CS11
VERSION DATE 2017-01-06 00:00:00
CODE LIST
  • CODES:
    • CODE DESCRIPTION:   
      Extraction of primary membranous cataract by discission (procedure)
    • CODE DESCRIPTION:   
      Incisional discission of secondary membranous cataract and anterior hyaloid 
(procedure)
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      Discission of membranous cataract, primary (procedure)
    • CODE DESCRIPTION:   
      Extraction of primary membranous cataract by needling (procedure)
    • CODE DESCRIPTION:   
      Extraction of cataract (procedure)
    • CODE DESCRIPTION:   
      Removal of secondary membranous cataract with iridectomy (procedure)
    • CODE DESCRIPTION:   
      Extracapsular extraction of cataract by rotoextraction with aspiration 
(procedure)
    • CODE DESCRIPTION:   
      Extracapsular extraction of cataract by mechanical fragmentation with aspiration 
by posterior route (procedure)
    • CODE DESCRIPTION:   
      Mechanical fragmentation of primary membranous cataract (procedure)
    • CODE DESCRIPTION:   
      Erysiphake extraction of cataract by inferior temporal route (procedure)
    • CODE DESCRIPTION:   
      Extracapsular extraction of cataract by curette evacuation (procedure)
    • CODE DESCRIPTION:   
      Discission of membranous cataract, secondary (procedure)
    • CODE DESCRIPTION:   
      Extracapsular extraction of cataract by emulsification with aspiration 
(procedure)
    • CODE DESCRIPTION:   
      Aspiration of cataract by phacoemulsification (procedure)
    • CODE DESCRIPTION:   
      Cryoextraction of cataract by intracapsular approach (procedure)
    • CODE DESCRIPTION:   
      Extracapsular extraction of cataract by mechanical fragmentation with aspiration 
(procedure)
    • CODE DESCRIPTION:   
      Extracapsular extraction of cataract by rotoextraction with aspiration 
by posterior route (procedure)
    • CODE DESCRIPTION:   
      Cataract surgery (procedure)
    • CODE DESCRIPTION:   
      Aspiration of cataract (procedure)
    • CODE DESCRIPTION:   
      Extraction of cataract by rotoextraction with aspiration (procedure)
    • CODE DESCRIPTION:   
      Cataract extraction, insertion of intraocular lens and trabeculectomy (procedure)
    • CODE DESCRIPTION:   
      Extracapsular cataract extraction and insertion of intraocular lens (procedure)
    • CODE DESCRIPTION:   
      Extracapsular extraction of cataract by inferior temporal route (procedure)
    • CODE DESCRIPTION:   
      Intracapsular cataract extraction and insertion of intraocular lens (procedure)
    • CODE DESCRIPTION:   
      Small incision phacoemulsification of cataract and insertion of intraocular 
lens (procedure)
    • CODE DESCRIPTION:   
      Extraction of primary membranous cataract by phacofragmentation (procedure)
    • CODE DESCRIPTION:   
      Extraction of primary membranous cataract by mechanical fragmentation (procedure)
    • CODE DESCRIPTION:   
      Extraction of cataract by ultrasonic phacofragmentation (procedure)
    • CODE DESCRIPTION:   
      Cataract extraction and insertion of intraocular lens (procedure)
    • CODE DESCRIPTION:   
      Complicated cataract surgery (procedure)
    • CODE DESCRIPTION:   
      Intracapsular cataract extraction (procedure)
    • CODE DESCRIPTION:   
      Phacoemulsification of cataract with intraocular lens implantation (procedure)
    • CODE DESCRIPTION:   
      Small incision manual extracapsular cataract extraction (procedure)
    • CODE DESCRIPTION:   
      Needling of secondary cataract (procedure)
    • CODE DESCRIPTION:   
      Bimanual phacoemulsification of cataract with intraocular lens implantation 
(procedure)
    • CODE DESCRIPTION:   
      Bimanual microincisional phacoemulsification of cataract with intraocular 
lens implantation (procedure)
    • CODE DESCRIPTION:   
      Bimanual phacoemulsification (procedure)
    • CODE DESCRIPTION:   
      Coaxial phacoemulsfication (procedure)
    • CODE DESCRIPTION:   
      Torsional phacoemulsification (procedure)
    • CODE DESCRIPTION:   
      Extraction of cataract and trabeculectomy (procedure)
    • CODE DESCRIPTION:   
      Extraction of cataract by rotoextraction with aspiration by posterior route 
(procedure)
    • CODE DESCRIPTION:   
      Discission of congenital cataract (procedure)
    • CODE DESCRIPTION:   
      Mechanical fragmentation of cataract with extraction by posterior route 
(procedure)
    • CODE DESCRIPTION:   
      Extraction of primary membranous cataract by excision (procedure)
    • CODE DESCRIPTION:   
      Cryoextraction of cataract by inferior temporal route (procedure)
  • CODES:
    • CODE DESCRIPTION:   
      Removal of lens material; aspiration technique, 1 or more stages
    • CODE DESCRIPTION:   
      Removal of lens material; phacofragmentation technique (mechanical or ultrasonic) 
(eg, phacoemulsification), with aspiration
    • CODE DESCRIPTION:   
      Removal of lens material; pars plana approach, with or without vitrectomy
    • CODE DESCRIPTION:   
      Removal of lens material; intracapsular
    • CODE DESCRIPTION:   
      Removal of lens material; intracapsular, for dislocated lens
    • CODE DESCRIPTION:   
      Removal of lens material; extracapsular (other than 66840, 66850, 66852)
    • CODE DESCRIPTION:   
      Extracapsular cataract removal with insertion of intraocular lens prosthesis 
(1-stage procedure), manual or mechanical technique (eg, irrigation and 
aspiration or phacoemulsification), complex, requiring devices or techniques 
not generally used in routine cataract surgery (eg, iris expansion device, 
suture support for intraocular lens, or primary posterior capsulorrhexis) 
or performed on patients in the amblyogenic developmental stage
    • CODE DESCRIPTION:   
      Intracapsular cataract extraction with insertion of intraocular lens prosthesis 
(1 stage procedure)
    • CODE DESCRIPTION:   
      Extracapsular cataract removal with insertion of intraocular lens prosthesis 
(1 stage procedure), manual or mechanical technique (eg, irrigation and 
aspiration or phacoemulsification)
MEASURE LIST