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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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H59-
Intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of eye and adnexa, not elsewhere classified
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2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code H59.81
2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code H59.81
Chorioretinal scars after surgery for detachment
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
- H59.81 should not be used for reimbursement purposes as there are multiple codes below it that contain a greater level of detail.
- The 2021 edition of ICD-10-CM H59.81 became effective on October 1, 2020.
- This is the American ICD-10-CM version of H59.81 - other international versions of ICD-10 H59.81 may differ.
The following code(s) above
H59.81 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
H59.81:
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
Code annotations containing back-references to H59.81:
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Type 1 Excludes: H31.01, H33.3
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code H31.01
Macula scars of posterior pole (postinflammatory) (post-traumatic)
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
Type 1 Excludes- postprocedural choriorentinal scar (H59.81-)
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code H33.3
Retinal breaks without detachment
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
Type 1 Excludes- chorioretinal scars after surgery for detachment (H59.81-)
- peripheral retinal degeneration without break (H35.4-)
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Type 2 Excludes: H31.0
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code H31.0
Chorioretinal scars
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
Type 2 Excludes- postsurgical chorioretinal scars (H59.81-)
- Complication(s) (from) (of)
- Scar, scarring L90.5 - see also Cicatrix
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code L90.5
Scar conditions and fibrosis of skin
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Billable/Specific Code
Applicable To- Adherent scar (skin)
- Cicatrix
- Disfigurement of skin due to scar
- Fibrosis of skin NOS
- Scar NOS
- chorioretinal H31.00-
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code H31.00-
Unspecified chorioretinal scars
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To H59.81
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
H59.8 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
H59.89 Other postprocedural complications and disorders of eye and adnexa, not elsewhere classified
H60.0 Abscess of external ear
H60.01 Abscess of right external ear
Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.