H59.1

H59.1: Intraoperative hemorrhage and hematoma of eye and adnexa complicating a procedure

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

H59.1 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for intraoperative hemorrhage and hematoma of eye and adnexa complicating a procedure. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Excludes1: never code together

These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.

intraoperative hemorrhage and hematoma of eye and adnexa due to accidental puncture or laceration during a procedure (H59.2-)

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above H59.1

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.

Code to one of these instead H59.1

2 child codes. Green means billable.