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ICD-10-CM Codes
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H00-H59
Diseases of the eye and adnexa
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H59-H59
Intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of eye and adnexa, not elsewhere classified
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Intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of eye and adnexa, not elsewhere classified
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2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code H59.40
2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code H59.40
Inflammation (infection) of postprocedural bleb, unspecified
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Billable/Specific Code
- H59.40 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
- The 2021 edition of ICD-10-CM H59.40 became effective on October 1, 2020.
- This is the American ICD-10-CM version of H59.40 - other international versions of ICD-10 H59.40 may differ.
The following code(s) above
H59.40 contain annotation back-references
Annotation Back-References
In this context, annotation back-references refer to codes that contain:
- Applicable To annotations, or
- Code Also annotations, or
- Code First annotations, or
- Excludes1 annotations, or
- Excludes2 annotations, or
- Includes annotations, or
- Note annotations, or
- Use Additional annotations
that may be applicable to
H59.40:
- H00-H59
2021 ICD-10-CM Range H00-H59
Diseases of the eye and adnexaNote- Use an external cause code following the code for the eye condition, if applicable, to identify the cause of the eye condition
Type 2 Excludes- certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
- certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
- complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
- congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
- diabetes mellitus related eye conditions (E09.3-, E10.3-, E11.3-, E13.3-)
- endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
- injury (trauma) of eye and orbit (S05.-)
- injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
- neoplasms (C00-D49)
- symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)
- syphilis related eye disorders (A50.01, A50.3-, A51.43, A52.71)
- H59
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code H59
Intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of eye and adnexa, not elsewhere classified
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
Type 1 Excludes- mechanical complication of intraocular lens (T85.2)
- mechanical complication of other ocular prosthetic devices, implants and grafts (T85.3)
- pseudophakia (Z96.1)
- secondary cataracts (H26.4-)
- H59.4
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code H59.4
Inflammation (infection) of postprocedural bleb
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
Type 1 Excludes- filtering (vitreous) bleb after glaucoma surgery status (Z98.83)
- Filtering bleb inflammation
- Postprocedural blebitis
ICD-10-CM H59.40 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v38.0):
- 124 Other disorders of the eye with mcc
- 125 Other disorders of the eye without mcc
Convert H59.40 to ICD-9-CM
Code History
- 2016 (effective 10/1/2015): New code (first year of non-draft ICD-10-CM)
- 2017 (effective 10/1/2016): No change
- 2018 (effective 10/1/2017): No change
- 2019 (effective 10/1/2018): No change
- 2020 (effective 10/1/2019): No change
- 2021 (effective 10/1/2020): No change
ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To H59.40
H59.351 Postprocedural seroma of right eye and adnexa following an ophthalmic procedure
H59.352 Postprocedural seroma of left eye and adnexa following an ophthalmic procedure
H59.359 Postprocedural seroma of unspecified eye and adnexa following an ophthalmic procedure
H59.36 Postprocedural seroma of eye and adnexa following other procedure
H59.361 Postprocedural seroma of right eye and adnexa following other procedure
H59.362 Postprocedural seroma of left eye and adnexa following other procedure
H59.369 Postprocedural seroma of unspecified eye and adnexa following other procedure
H59.4 Inflammation (infection) of postprocedural bleb
H59.40
…… unspecified
H59.8 Other intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of eye and adnexa, not elsewhere classified
H59.81 Chorioretinal scars after surgery for detachment
H59.88 Other intraoperative complications of eye and adnexa, not elsewhere classified
Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.
