Description
cataract: Partial or complete opacity of the crystalline lens of one or both eyes that decreases visual acuity and eventually results in blindness. Some cataracts appear in infancy or in childhood, but most develop in older individuals. (Sternberg Diagnostic Surgical Pathology, 3rd ed.)
Data source
| FinnGen phenocode |
H7_CATARACTOTHER |
| Hospital Discharge registry |
ICD-10: H26, ICD-9: 366, ICD-8: 374 |
| Hospital Discharge registry: exclude ICD-9 |
3661 |
| Hospital Discharge registry: exclude ICD-8 |
37403 |
| Cause of Death registry |
ICD-10: H26, ICD-9: 366, ICD-8: 374 |
| Cause of Death registry: exclude ICD-9 |
3661 |
| Cause of Death registry: exclude ICD-8 |
37403 |
| Level in the ICD-hierarchy |
3 |
| First defined in version |
DF2 |
Ontology