Cataract surgery

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What each hospital calls it: BronxCare Health System - BronxCare Hospital Center Concourse, “EXTRACAPSULAR CATARACT REMV IO”; BronxCare Hospital Center - Fulton Campus, “EXTRACAPSULAR CATARACT REMV IO”; St. Joseph's Medical Center, “Xcapsl ctrc rmvl w/o ecp”; Ocean University Medical Center, “CATARACT REMOVAL INSERTION OF LENS”; Southern Ocean Medical Center, “CATARACT REMOVAL INSERTION OF LENS”; Bayshore Medical Center, “CATARACT REMOVAL INSERTION OF LENS”; Jersey Shore University Medical Center, “CATARACT REMOVAL INSERTION OF LENS”; Riverview Medical Center, “CATARACT REMOVAL INSERTION OF LENS”; JFK University Medical Center, “CATARACT REMOVAL INSERTION OF LENS”; Old Bridge Medical Center, “CATARACT REMOVAL INSERTION OF LENS”; Raritan Bay Medical Center, “CATARACT REMOVAL INSERTION OF LENS”; Newton Medical Center, “Xcapsl Ctrc Rmvl Insj Io Lens Prosth W/O Ecp”; Saint Clares Denville Hospital, “Xcapsl Ctrc Rmvl W/O Ecp”; Saint Clares Dover Hospital, “Xcapsl Ctrc Rmvl W/O Ecp”; Saint Michael's Medical Center, “Xcapsl Ctrc Rmvl W/O Ecp”; Hackensack University Medical Center, “CATARACT REMOVAL INSERTION OF LENS”; Palisades Medical Center, “CATARACT REMOVAL INSERTION OF LENS”; Bellevue Hospital Center, “HC EXTRACAPSULAR CATARACT REMOVAL W/INSERTION INTRAOCULAR LENS P”; Elmhurst Hospital Center, “HC EXTRACAPSULAR CATARACT REMOVAL W/INSERTION INTRAOCULAR LENS P”; Harlem Hospital Center, “HC EXTRACAPSULAR CATARACT REMOVAL W/INSERTION INTRAOCULAR LENS P”; Jacobi Medical Center, “HC EXTRACAPSULAR CATARACT REMOVAL W/INSERTION INTRAOCULAR LENS P”; Kings County Hospital Center, “HC EXTRACAPSULAR CATARACT REMOVAL W/INSERTION INTRAOCULAR LENS P”; Lincoln Medical Center, “HC EXTRACAPSULAR CATARACT REMOVAL W/INSERTION INTRAOCULAR LENS P”; Metropolitan Hospital Center, “HC EXTRACAPSULAR CATARACT REMOVAL W/INSERTION INTRAOCULAR LENS P”; North Central Bronx, “HC EXTRACAPSULAR CATARACT REMOVAL W/INSERTION INTRAOCULAR LENS P”; Queens Hospital Center, “HC EXTRACAPSULAR CATARACT REMOVAL W/INSERTION INTRAOCULAR LENS P”; South Brooklyn Health, “HC EXTRACAPSULAR CATARACT REMOVAL W/INSERTION INTRAOCULAR LENS P”; Woodhull Medical Center, “HC EXTRACAPSULAR CATARACT REMOVAL W/INSERTION INTRAOCULAR LENS P”; St. Mary's General Hospital, “Xcapsl Ctrc Rmvl W/O Ecp”; Centrastate Medical Center, “Xcapsl Ctrc Rmvl Insj Io Lens Prosth W/O Ecp”; Chilton Medical Center, “Xcapsl Ctrc Rmvl Insj Io Lens Prosth W/O Ecp”; Morristown Medical Center, “Xcapsl Ctrc Rmvl Insj Io Lens Prosth W/O Ecp”; Overlook Medical Center, “Xcapsl Ctrc Rmvl Insj Io Lens Prosth W/O Ecp”; University Hospital, “XCAPSL CTRC RMVL INSJ IO LENS PROSTH W/O ECP”; NewYork-Presbyterian Hudson Valley Hospital, “XCAPSL CTRC RMVL INSJ IO LENS PROSTH W-O ECP”; Community Medical Center, “XCAPSL CTRC RMVL W/O ECP”; Clara Maass Medical Center, “XCAPSL CTRC RMVL W/O ECP”; Monmouth Medical Center Southern Campus, “XCAPSL CTRC RMVL W/O ECP”; Glen Cove Hospital, “Xcapsl ctrc rmvl w/o ecp”; Huntington Hospital, “Xcapsl ctrc rmvl w/o ecp”; Lenox Hill Hospital, “Xcapsl ctrc rmvl w/o ecp”; Long Island Jewish Forest Hills, “Xcapsl ctrc rmvl w/o ecp”; Long Island Jewish Medical Center, “Xcapsl ctrc rmvl w/o ecp”; Long Island Jewish Valley Stream, “Xcapsl ctrc rmvl w/o ecp”; Mather Hospital, “Xcapsl ctrc rmvl w/o ecp”; North Shore University Hospital, “Xcapsl ctrc rmvl w/o ecp”; Northern Westchester Hospital, “Xcapsl ctrc rmvl w/o ecp”; Peconic Bay Medical Center, “Xcapsl ctrc rmvl w/o ecp”; Phelps Hospital, “Xcapsl ctrc rmvl w/o ecp”; Plainview Hospital, “Xcapsl ctrc rmvl w/o ecp”; South Shore University Hospital, “Xcapsl ctrc rmvl w/o ecp”; Staten Island University Hospital, “Xcapsl ctrc rmvl w/o ecp”; Syosset Hospital, “Xcapsl ctrc rmvl w/o ecp”; Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Rahway, “XCAPSL CTRC RMVL W/O ECP”; Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, “XCAPSL CTRC RMVL W/O ECP”; Jersey City Medical Center, “XCAPSL CTRC RMVL W/O ECP”; Monmouth Medical Center, “XCAPSL CTRC RMVL W/O ECP”; Maimonides Medical Center, “XCAPSL CTRC RMVL W/O ECP”; Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, “XCAPSL CTRC RMVL W/O ECP”; Montefiore Medical Center, “CPT 66984”; Trinitas Regional Medical Center, “XCAPSL CTRC RMVL W/O ECP”; Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Somerset, “XCAPSL CTRC RMVL W/O ECP”; Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center, “XCAPSL CTRC RMVL W/O ECP”; Secaucus University Hospital, “Removal of cataract with insertion of prosthetic lens”; Stony Brook University Hospital, “REMOVAL OF CATARACT WITH INSERTION OF PROSTHETIC LENS”; Brookdale Hospital Medical Center, “HC XCAPSL CTRC RMVL W/O ECP”; Englewood Hospital, “XCAPSL CTRC RMVL W/O ECP”; Good Samaritan Hospital, “REMOVE CATARACT/INSERT LENS”; Good Samaritan University Hospital, “XCAPSL CTRC RMVL W/O ECP”; Holy Name Medical Center, “XCAPSL CTRC RMVL W/O ECP”; Interfaith Medical Center, “HC XCAPSL CTRC RMVL W/O ECP”; Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center, “HC XCAPSL CTRC RMVL W/O ECP”; Mercy Hospital, “XCAPSL CTRC RMVL W/O ECP”; Montefiore Mount Vernon Hospital, “CPT 66984”; Montefiore New Rochelle, “CPT 66984”; NewYork-Presbyterian Columbia University Irving Medical Center, “XCAPSL CTRC RMVL INSJ IO LENS PROSTH W-O ECP”; NewYork-Presbyterian Queens, “XCAPSL CTRC RMVL INSJ IO LENS PROSTH W-O ECP”; NYU Langone Hospital - Brooklyn, “XCAPSL CTRC RMVL W/O ECP”; NYU Langone Hospital - Long Island, “XCAPSL CTRC RMVL W/O ECP”; NYU Langone Tisch Hospital, “XCAPSL CTRC RMVL W/O ECP”; Putnam Hospital, “Cataract surg w/iol 1 stage”; Richmond University Medical Center, “XCAPSL CTRC RMVL W/O ECP”; SBH Health System, “HC CATARACT SURG W/IOL 1 STAGE”; St. Catherine of Siena Hospital, “XCAPSL CTRC RMVL W/O ECP”; St. Charles Hospital, “XCAPSL CTRC RMVL W/O ECP”; St. Francis Hospital & Heart Center, “XCAPSL CTRC RMVL W/O ECP”; St. Joseph Hospital, “XCAPSL CTRC RMVL W/O ECP”; St. Joseph's University Medical Center, “XCAPSL CTRC RMVL W/O ECP”; The Mount Sinai Hospital, “Cataract surg w/iol 1 stage”; Valley Health System, “Xcapsl ctrc rmvl w/o ecp”; Westchester Medical Center, “XCAPSL CTRC RMVL W/O ECP”.