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H59.012

H59.012: Keratopathy (bullous aphakic) following cataract surgery, left eye

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H59.012 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for keratopathy (bullous aphakic) following cataract surgery, left eye. It is valid for submission on a claim.

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Excludes1 inherited from the categories above H59.012

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Written on H59: Intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of eye and adnexa, not elsewhere classified

  • 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-)

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Other codes under H59.01

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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