H59.01 — Keratopathy (bullous aphakic) following cataract surgery
Is H59.01 billable?
No — H59.01 is a non-billable header code. H59.01 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 4 billable codes beneath H59.01.
Billable codes under this header
- 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
H59.01 at a glance
| Code | H59.01 |
|---|---|
| Description | Keratopathy (bullous aphakic) following cataract surgery |
| Billable | No — header code |
| Code set | ICD-10-CM FY2027 |
| Valid for encounters | October 1, 2026 – September 30, 2027 |
How is H59.01 listed in the Alphabetic Index?
These are the routes through the Alphabetic Index that lead to H59.01. They show the wording a clinician may have documented, which often differs from the Tabular description.
- Vitreal corneal syndrome
- Keratopathy › bullous, following cataract surgery
- Syndrome › vitreal corneal
- Syndrome › vitreous
- Complication › postprocedural › following cataract surgery › vitreoussyndrome (s) (from) (of)
Inclusion terms
Alternative wording in documentation that is classified to H59.01.
- Vitreal corneal syndrome
- Vitreous (touch) syndrome
Excludes1 — never code together — inherited from H59
The conditions below can never be reported together with H59.01 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 H59.01, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, H59.01 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 H59.01? (4)
- 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
How long has H59.01 existed?
H59.01 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.