ICD-10-CM Codes
H00-H59 Diseases of the eye and adnexa
H59-H59 Intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of eye and adnexa, not elsewhere classified
H59- Intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of eye and adnexa, not elsewhere classified
2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code H59.811

2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code H59.811

Chorioretinal scars after surgery for detachment, right eye

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Billable/Specific Code

H59.811 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 H59.811 became effective on October 1, 2020.
This is the American ICD-10-CM version of H59.811 - other international versions of ICD-10 H59.811 may differ.

The following code(s) above H59.811 contain annotation back-references

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In this context, annotation back-references refer to codes that contain:

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Code Also annotations, or
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Excludes1 annotations, or
Excludes2 annotations, or
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that may be applicable to H59.811:

H00-H59
2021 ICD-10-CM Range H00-H59
Diseases of the eye and adnexa
Note
- 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)
Diseases of the eye and adnexa
H59
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code H59
Intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of eye and adnexa, not elsewhere classified
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-)
Intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of eye and adnexa, not elsewhere classified

Approximate Synonyms

Right postsurgical chorioretinal scar
Right postsurgical chorioretinal scars

ICD-10-CM H59.811 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v38.0):

919 Complications of treatment with mcc
920 Complications of treatment with cc
921 Complications of treatment without cc/mcc

Convert H59.811 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 H59.811

H59.362 Postprocedural seroma of left eye and adnexa following other procedure

H59.363 …… bilateral

H59.369 Postprocedural seroma of unspecified eye and adnexa following other procedure

H59.4 Inflammation (infection) of postprocedural bleb

H59.40 …… unspecified

H59.41 …… stage 1

H59.42 …… stage 2

H59.43 …… stage 3

H59.8 Other intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of eye and adnexa, not elsewhere classified

H59.81 Chorioretinal scars after surgery for detachment

H59.811 …… right eye

H59.812 …… left eye

H59.813 …… bilateral

H59.819 …… unspecified eye

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 Otitis externa

H60.0 Abscess of external ear

H60.00 …… unspecified ear

H60.01 Abscess of right external ear

H60.02 Abscess of left external ear

Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.

2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code H59.811

Chorioretinal scars after surgery for detachment, right eye

Diseases of the eye and adnexa

Intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of eye and adnexa, not elsewhere classified