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13.43 - Mechanical Phacofragmentation And Other Aspiration Of Cataract


The ICD 9 Code for Mechanical phacofragmentation and other aspiration of cataract is listed as 13.43.
Additional information concerning this code and description can be found below including ICD 10 crosswalks / GEMS and chapter information where available.

ICD 9 CM Volume 3 (PCS) Field Value
Procedure Code: 13.43
Description: Mechanical phacofragmentation and other aspiration of cataract
Short Description: Cataract frag/aspir NEC
Chapter: Operations on the eye
Subsection 1: Operations on lens
ICD-10-PCS General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD 10 PCS Code: 08DJ3ZZ - Extraction of Right Lens, Percutaneous Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code: 08DK3ZZ - Extraction of Left Lens, Percutaneous Approach (approximate)
ICD-9-CM Volume 3 (PCS) Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of 13.43:
13.41 - Phacoemulsification and aspiration of cataract
13.42 - Mechanical phacofragmentation and aspiration of cataract by posterior route