Z98.4

Non-Billable
ChapterZ00–Z99
Ranksubcategory
Official Description

Cataract extraction status

Metadata & Insights
  • •2026 ICD-10-CM Edition - Effective October 1, 2025.
  • •Non-billable category (requires more specific sub-code).
  • •Chapter 21: Factors Influencing Health Status and Contact with Health Services (Z00-Z99).

Instructional Notes

Excludes1(Not coded here)
Use Additional Code
  • code to identify intraocular lens implant status (Z96.1)
General instructions are available for the parent sections:
View Z77-Z99 NotesView Z98 Notes

Clinical Hierarchy

CH21Factors influencing health status and contact with health services (Z00-Z99)
Z77-Z99Persons with potential health hazards related to family and personal history and certain conditions influencing health status (Z77-Z99)
Z98Other postprocedural states
Z98.4Cataract extraction status
Z98.41Cataract extraction status, right eye
Z98.42Cataract extraction status, left eye
Z98.49Cataract extraction status, unspecified eye

Applicable Ancestor Context

The following parent sections contain instructions or notes that apply to Z98.4:

categoryZ98
Other postprocedural states
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blockZ77-Z99
Persons with potential health hazards related to family and personal history and certain conditions influencing health status (Z77-Z99)
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Alphabetic Index Mentions

These are Diagnosis Index lookup paths that route to Z98.4. Use them as entry terms for search, then confirm final coding instructions in the Tabular List and notes above.

3 raw paths
Absence (of) (organ or part) (complete or partial)1 unique routes
lens (acquired)
post cataract extraction→Z98.4
Cataract (cortical) (immature) (incipient)1 unique routes
extraction status→Z98.4
Status (post)1 unique routes
cataract extraction→Z98.4

MS-DRG Classification

2026

No direct MS-DRG triggers identified.

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