Indications for Cataract Surgery

Indications for Cataract Surgery
Functional, functional, functional. Document difficult with reading, driving, glare, recognizing faces
Read:	US Dept. of Health and Human Services Practice Clinical Guideline #4 Cataract in Adults: Management of Functional Impairment
In Iowa must document functional decline with patient's signature for medicare
Elsewhere:	Best corrected Visual Acuity <= 20/50 at far or near acceptable to VA, Medicare, etc.. Best corrected Visual Acuity > 20/40 mandatory to document functional disability eg. monocular diplopia, glare, occupational impairment...
Uncommon indications:	lens induced disease, eg. glaucoma medical need to visualize the fundus, eg. diabetes