H59.43
H59.43: Inflammation (infection) of postprocedural bleb, stage 3
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
H59.43 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for inflammation (infection) of postprocedural bleb, stage 3. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check H59.43 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberInclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Bleb endophthalmitis
Excludes1 inherited from the categories above H59.43
A category’s note binds every code beneath it.
Written on H59.4: Inflammation (infection) of postprocedural bleb
- filtering (vitreous) bleb after glaucoma surgery status (Z98.83)
Written on H59: Intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of eye and adnexa, not elsewhere classified
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
H59.43 is named in 6 Medicare coverage policies: 6 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A53060Billing and Coding: Ophthalmology: Extended Ophthalmoscopy and Fundus Photography
- A56551Billing and Coding: Visual Fields Testing
- A56729Billing and Coding: Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Head and Neck
- A56799Billing and Coding: Visual Fields Testing
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Bleb›endophthalmitis
- Blebitis, postprocedural›stage 3
- Bleb›inflamed, postprocedural›stage 3
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.