ICD-10-CM › H00-H59 › H59 › H59.3 Postprocedural hemorrhage,... › H59.33
H59.33
Postprocedural hematoma of eye and adnexa following an ophthalmic procedure
Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.
Submit one of these 4 more specific codes instead:
- H59.331 Postprocedural hematoma of right eye and adnexa following an ophthalmic procedure
- H59.332 Postprocedural hematoma of left eye and adnexa following an ophthalmic procedure
- H59.333 Postprocedural hematoma of eye and adnexa following an ophthalmic procedure, bilateral
- H59.339 Postprocedural hematoma of unspecified eye and adnexa following an ophthalmic procedure
What has happened to this code
Every change the publisher made, from 2017 to now.
- FY2017 Added to the code set Postprocedural hematoma of eye and adnexa following an ophthalmic procedure
Official coding rules
Published by CDC for FY2027. A rule attached to a category binds every code beneath it, so the rules inherited from this code's ancestors are shown with the code they come from.
Inherited from H59 Intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of eye and adnexa, not elsewhere classified
Excludes1 - never coded here
- 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-)
How CDC's index refers to this code
Wording from the official alphabetic index. Much of it appears nowhere in the code description, which is why a search for the everyday phrase so often finds nothing.
- Hematoma > postoperative
- Disorder > postprocedural
- Complication > postoperative
- Disorder > eye > postprocedural
- Complication > hematoma > postprocedural
- Complication > surgical procedure > hematoma > postprocedural
- Complication > postprocedural > hematoma > eye and adnexa > following ophthalmic procedure
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| H59.31 | Postprocedural hemorrhage of eye and adnexa following an ophthalmic procedure | Not billable |
| H59.32 | Postprocedural hemorrhage of eye and adnexa following other procedure | Not billable |
| H59.34 | Postprocedural hematoma of eye and adnexa following other procedure | Not billable |
| H59.35 | Postprocedural seroma of eye and adnexa following an ophthalmic procedure | Not billable |
| H59.36 | Postprocedural seroma of eye and adnexa following other procedure | Not billable |