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Version 2024
Non-Billable Code

2024 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code H59.81

Chorioretinal scars after surgery for detachment

ICD-10-CM Code:
H59.81
ICD-10 Code for:
Chorioretinal scars after surgery for detachment
Is Billable?
Not Valid for Submission
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Code Classification

  • Diseases of the eye and adnexa
    (H00–H59)
    • Intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of eye and adnexa, not elsewhere classified
      (H59)
      • Intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of eye and adnexa, not elsewhere classified
        (H59)

H59.81 is a non-specific and non-billable diagnosis code code, consider using a code with a higher level of specificity for a diagnosis of chorioretinal scars after surgery for detachment. The code is not specific and is NOT valid for the year 2024 for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions. Category or Header define the heading of a category of codes that may be further subdivided by the use of 4th, 5th, 6th or 7th characters.

Specific Coding Applicable to Chorioretinal scars after surgery for detachment

Non-specific codes like H59.81 require more digits to indicate the appropriate level of specificity. Consider using any of the following ICD-10-CM codes with a higher level of specificity when coding for chorioretinal scars after surgery for detachment:

  • Use H59.811 for Chorioretinal scars after surgery for detachment, right eye - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use H59.812 for Chorioretinal scars after surgery for detachment, left eye - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use H59.813 for Chorioretinal scars after surgery for detachment, bilateral - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use H59.819 for Chorioretinal scars after surgery for detachment, unspecified eye - BILLABLE CODE

Index to Diseases and Injuries References

The following annotation back-references for this diagnosis code are found in the injuries and diseases index. The Index to Diseases and Injuries is an alphabetical listing of medical terms, with each term mapped to one or more ICD-10-CM code(s).

Code History

  • FY 2024 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2023 through 9/30/2024
  • FY 2023 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2022 through 9/30/2023
  • FY 2022 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2021 through 9/30/2022
  • FY 2021 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2020 through 9/30/2021
  • FY 2020 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2019 through 9/30/2020
  • FY 2019 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2018 through 9/30/2019
  • FY 2018 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2017 through 9/30/2018
  • FY 2017 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2016 through 9/30/2017
  • FY 2016 - New Code, effective from 10/1/2015 through 9/30/2016. This was the first year ICD-10-CM was implemented into the HIPAA code set.