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Glaucoma: type, eye and stage
Official text from the FY2027 ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting. The wording is quoted exactly.
Guidelines I.C.7.a
“Assign as many codes from category H40, Glaucoma, as needed to identify the type of glaucoma, the affected eye, and the glaucoma stage.”
“If a patient is admitted with glaucoma and the stage progresses during the admission, assign the code for highest stage documented.”
“This seventh character should not be confused with the seventh character "0", unspecified, which should be assigned when there is no documentation regarding the stage of the glaucoma.”
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