ICD-11 classes
09 Diseases of the visual system
Disorders of the eyeball - anterior segment
Disorders of lens
9B10 — Cataract
9B10.0 — Age-related cataract
ICD-11 9B10.0 — Age-related cataract
A senile cataract is a clouding of the lens of the eye, which impedes the passage of light, related to ageing, and that occurs usually starting from the age of 40.
The diagnosis includes nothing.
It excludes 1 item.
- capsular glaucoma with pseudoexfoliation of lens (9C61.0)
Diagnosis with code 9B10.0 contains 5 clarifying diagnoses:
- 9B10.00 — Coronary age-related cataract
- 9B10.01 — Punctate age-related cataract
- 9B10.02 — Mature age-related cataract
- 9B10.0Y — Other specified age-related cataract
- 9B10.0Z — Age-related cataract, unspecified