2023 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code H59.88

Other intraoperative complications of eye and adnexa, not elsewhere classified

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  • H59.88 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
  • Short description: Oth intraoperative complications of eye and adnexa, NEC
  • The 2023 edition of ICD-10-CM H59.88 became effective on October 1, 2022.
  • This is the American ICD-10-CM version of H59.88 - other international versions of ICD-10 H59.88 may differ.
The following code(s) above H59.88 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 H59.88:
  • H00-H59
    2023 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

      2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 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-)
    Intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of eye and adnexa, not elsewhere classified
ICD-10-CM H59.88 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v40.0):
  • 919 Complications of treatment with mcc
  • 920 Complications of treatment with cc
  • 921 Complications of treatment without cc/mcc

Convert H59.88 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
  • 2022 (effective 10/1/2021): No change
  • 2023 (effective 10/1/2022): No change

Diagnosis Index entries containing back-references to H59.88:

ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To H59.88
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
H60.03 …… bilateral
H60.1 Cellulitis of external ear
H60.10 …… unspecified ear
H60.11 Cellulitis 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.