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H59.8

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

Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.

A category header for its whole life, FY2016 onwards. It has never been valid for submission on its own.

Submit one of these 3 more specific codes instead:

  • H59.81 Chorioretinal scars after surgery for detachment (also a header)
  • 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

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2012 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.

  1. FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Other intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of eye and adnexa, not elsewhere classified

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.

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
H59.0 Disorders of the eye following cataract surgery Not billable
H59.1 Intraoperative hemorrhage and hematoma of eye and adnexa complicating a procedure Not billable
H59.2 Accidental puncture and laceration of eye and adnexa during a procedure Not billable
H59.3 Postprocedural hemorrhage, hematoma, and seroma of eye and adnexa following a procedure Not billable
H59.4 Inflammation (infection) of postprocedural bleb Not billable