What statements about reporting glaucoma is not true


Question: Which one of these statements about reporting glaucoma is NOT true? Question options: If the physician documents that the stage of glaucoma cannot be determined, use seventh character 0, unspecified. When a patient has bilateral glaucoma and both eyes are documented as being the same type and stage, and the classification does not provide a code for bilateral glaucoma report only one code for the type of glaucoma with the appropriate seventh character for the stage. If a patient is admitted with glaucoma and the state progresses during the admission, assign the code for the highest stage documented. Assign as many codes as needed from category H40 to identify the type of glaucoma, the affected eye, and the glaucoma state.

 

 

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