Description | Rating |
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7900 Hyperthyroidism, including, but not limited to, Graves’ disease: | |
For six months after initial diagnosis | 30 |
Thereafter, rate residuals of disease or complications of medical treatment within the appropriate diagnostic code(s) within the appropriate body system. |
Note (1): If hyperthyroid cardiovascular or cardiac disease is present, separately evaluate under DC 7008 (hyperthyroid heart disease).
Note (2): Separately evaluate eye involvement occurring as a manifestation of Graves’ Disease as diplopia (DC 6090); impairment of central visual acuity (DCs 6061-6066); or under the most appropriate DCs in § 4.79.