Z98.42 Cataract extraction status, left eye

Billable ICD-10-CM code, FY2026. Exempt from present-on-admission (POA) reporting.

Applies from Z98 Other postprocedural states

Excludes2 (not included here)

• aftercare (Z43-Z49, Z51)
• follow-up medical care (Z08-Z09)
• Fontan related circulation (I27.84-)
• postprocedural complication - see Alphabetical Index

Applies from Z98.4 Cataract extraction status

Excludes1 (never code together)

• aphakia (H27.0)

Use additional code

• code to identify intraocular lens implant status (Z96.1)

MS-DRG index

Defines the logic of DRG(s) 951 in MDC 23.

Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)

• V45.61 Cataract extraction status (approximate)

Medicare Code Edits (MCE v43.1 (April 2026))

• Unacceptable principal diagnosis: These codes describe a circumstance which influences care but is not a current illness or injury, or capture only an underlying condition, and are unacceptable as principal diagnosis.

Code annotations containing back-references to Z98.42

Back-references to Z98.4

• Type 1 Excludes: H27.0 Aphakia ("cataract extraction status (Z98.4-)")

Back-references to Z98

• Type 2 Excludes: Z78 Other specified health status ("postprocedural status (Z93-Z99)")
• Type 2 Excludes: Z87.7 Personal history of (corrected) congenital malformations ("other postprocedural states (Z98.-)")
• Type 2 Excludes: Z92 Personal history of medical treatment ("postprocedural states (Z98.-)")

Nearby codes

• Z98.1 Arthrodesis status
• Z98.2 Presence of cerebrospinal fluid drainage device
• Z98.3 Post therapeutic collapse of lung status
• Z98.4 Cataract extraction status
• Z98.41 Cataract extraction status, right eye
• Z98.42 Cataract extraction status, left eye (this code)
• Z98.49 Cataract extraction status, unspecified eye
• Z98.5 Sterilization status
• Z98.51 Tubal ligation status
• Z98.52 Vasectomy status
• Z98.6 Angioplasty status