H59 — Intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of eye and adnexa, not elsewhere classified
Not billable
Is H59 billable?
No — H59 is a non-billable header code. H59 groups more specific codes and cannot be submitted on a claim. A valid ICD-10-CM code must be reported at the highest level of specificity available in its branch. Select one of the 60 billable codes beneath H59.
Billable codes under this header
- H59.40Inflammation (infection) of postprocedural bleb, unspecified
- H59.41Inflammation (infection) of postprocedural bleb, stage 1
- H59.42Inflammation (infection) of postprocedural bleb, stage 2
- H59.43Inflammation (infection) of postprocedural bleb, stage 3
- H59.88Other intraoperative complications of eye and adnexa, not elsewhere classified
- H59.89Other postprocedural complications and disorders of eye and adnexa, not elsewhere classified
- H59.011Keratopathy (bullous aphakic) following cataract surgery, right eye
- H59.012Keratopathy (bullous aphakic) following cataract surgery, left eye
- H59.013Keratopathy (bullous aphakic) following cataract surgery, bilateral
- H59.019Keratopathy (bullous aphakic) following cataract surgery, unspecified eye
- H59.021Cataract (lens) fragments in eye following cataract surgery, right eye
- H59.022Cataract (lens) fragments in eye following cataract surgery, left eye
- H59.023Cataract (lens) fragments in eye following cataract surgery, bilateral
- H59.029Cataract (lens) fragments in eye following cataract surgery, unspecified eye
- H59.031Cystoid macular edema following cataract surgery, right eye
- H59.032Cystoid macular edema following cataract surgery, left eye
- H59.033Cystoid macular edema following cataract surgery, bilateral
- H59.039Cystoid macular edema following cataract surgery, unspecified eye
- H59.091Other disorders of the right eye following cataract surgery
- H59.092Other disorders of the left eye following cataract surgery
- H59.093Other disorders of the eye following cataract surgery, bilateral
- H59.099Other disorders of unspecified eye following cataract surgery
- H59.111Intraoperative hemorrhage and hematoma of right eye and adnexa complicating an ophthalmic procedure
- H59.112Intraoperative hemorrhage and hematoma of left eye and adnexa complicating an ophthalmic procedure
- H59.113Intraoperative hemorrhage and hematoma of eye and adnexa complicating an ophthalmic procedure, bilateral
- H59.119Intraoperative hemorrhage and hematoma of unspecified eye and adnexa complicating an ophthalmic procedure
- H59.121Intraoperative hemorrhage and hematoma of right eye and adnexa complicating other procedure
- H59.122Intraoperative hemorrhage and hematoma of left eye and adnexa complicating other procedure
- H59.123Intraoperative hemorrhage and hematoma of eye and adnexa complicating other procedure, bilateral
- H59.129Intraoperative hemorrhage and hematoma of unspecified eye and adnexa complicating other procedure
- H59.211Accidental puncture and laceration of right eye and adnexa during an ophthalmic procedure
- H59.212Accidental puncture and laceration of left eye and adnexa during an ophthalmic procedure
- H59.213Accidental puncture and laceration of eye and adnexa during an ophthalmic procedure, bilateral
- H59.219Accidental puncture and laceration of unspecified eye and adnexa during an ophthalmic procedure
- H59.221Accidental puncture and laceration of right eye and adnexa during other procedure
- H59.222Accidental puncture and laceration of left eye and adnexa during other procedure
- H59.223Accidental puncture and laceration of eye and adnexa during other procedure, bilateral
- H59.229Accidental puncture and laceration of unspecified eye and adnexa during other procedure
- H59.311Postprocedural hemorrhage of right eye and adnexa following an ophthalmic procedure
- H59.312Postprocedural hemorrhage of left eye and adnexa following an ophthalmic procedure
- H59.313Postprocedural hemorrhage of eye and adnexa following an ophthalmic procedure, bilateral
- H59.319Postprocedural hemorrhage of unspecified eye and adnexa following an ophthalmic procedure
- H59.321Postprocedural hemorrhage of right eye and adnexa following other procedure
- H59.322Postprocedural hemorrhage of left eye and adnexa following other procedure
- H59.323Postprocedural hemorrhage of eye and adnexa following other procedure, bilateral
- H59.329Postprocedural hemorrhage of unspecified eye and adnexa following other procedure
- H59.331Postprocedural hematoma of right eye and adnexa following an ophthalmic procedure
- H59.332Postprocedural hematoma of left eye and adnexa following an ophthalmic procedure
- H59.333Postprocedural hematoma of eye and adnexa following an ophthalmic procedure, bilateral
- H59.339Postprocedural hematoma of unspecified eye and adnexa following an ophthalmic procedure
- H59.341Postprocedural hematoma of right eye and adnexa following other procedure
- H59.342Postprocedural hematoma of left eye and adnexa following other procedure
- H59.343Postprocedural hematoma of eye and adnexa following other procedure, bilateral
- H59.349Postprocedural hematoma of unspecified eye and adnexa following other procedure
- H59.351Postprocedural seroma of right eye and adnexa following an ophthalmic procedure
- H59.352Postprocedural seroma of left eye and adnexa following an ophthalmic procedure
- H59.353Postprocedural seroma of eye and adnexa following an ophthalmic procedure, bilateral
- H59.359Postprocedural seroma of unspecified eye and adnexa following an ophthalmic procedure
- H59.361Postprocedural seroma of right eye and adnexa following other procedure
- H59.362Postprocedural seroma of left eye and adnexa following other procedure
H59 at a glance
| Code | H59 |
|---|---|
| Description | Intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of eye and adnexa, not elsewhere classified |
| Billable | No — header code |
| Code set | ICD-10-CM FY2027 |
| Valid for encounters | October 1, 2026 – September 30, 2027 |
Excludes1 — never code together
The conditions below can never be reported together with H59 on the same claim. An Excludes1 note means the two conditions cannot occur in the same patient, so reporting both is a coding error.
Excludes2 — not included here — inherited from Chapter 7
The conditions below are not part of H59, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, H59 and the excluded code may both be reported.
- 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)
What codes fall under H59? (6)
- H59.0Disorders of the eye following cataract surgerynot billable
- H59.1Intraoperative hemorrhage and hematoma of eye and adnexa complicating a procedurenot billable
- H59.2Accidental puncture and laceration of eye and adnexa during a procedurenot billable
- H59.3Postprocedural hemorrhage, hematoma, and seroma of eye and adnexa following a procedurenot billable
- H59.4Inflammation (infection) of postprocedural blebnot billable
- H59.8Other intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of eye and adnexa, not elsewhere classifiednot billable
How long has H59 existed?
H59 has been in ICD-10-CM since at least FY2016, the earliest fiscal year on record here.
Derived from the official order files for FY2016–FY2026. FY2017 and FY2020 publish no order file, so those years are not covered.
Which codes are confused with H59?
ICD-10-CM declares these codes mutually exclusive with H59 — exactly one of each pair can be correct for a given encounter.