MCMedicalCodingSoftware
Free trial
H59.039

H59.039: Cystoid macular edema following cataract surgery, unspecified eye

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMunspecified

H59.039 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for cystoid macular edema following cataract surgery, unspecified eye. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check H59.039 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above H59.039

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

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 H59.03

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

Loaded directly from the CMS/NCHS ICD-10-CM public-domain release: see data sources and our editorial policy. If this page disagrees with the CMS tabular list, this page is wrong. Reference information for professional coders; not medical or billing advice.