Is H59.88 a billable ICD-10-CM code?

Yes. H59.88 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.

Where does H59.88 sit in the tabular list?

Diseases of the eye and adnexa (H00-H59), in the block Intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of eye and adnexa, not elsewhere classified (H59).

H59.88

H59.88 — Other intraoperative complications of eye and adnexa, not elsewhere classified

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

H59.88 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other intraoperative complications of eye and adnexa, not elsewhere classified. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Risk adjustment

H59.88 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.

How H59.88 is indexed

Coders do not find codes by browsing the tabular list — they look them up in the alphabetic index, under the word the physician wrote. These are the index entries that lead here, so you can see which chart wordings map to H59.88.

Complication›intraoperative›specified NEC›eye and adnexa

Related codes at this level

Codes that share H59.8. If H59.88 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.

Questions about H59.88

Is H59.88 a billable ICD-10-CM code?: Yes. H59.88 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
Where does H59.88 sit in the tabular list?: Diseases of the eye and adnexa (H00-H59), in the block Intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of eye and adnexa, not elsewhere classified (H59).