Version 2024

2024 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code H59.22

Accidental puncture and laceration of eye and adnexa during other procedure

ICD-10-CM Code:
H59.22
ICD-10 Code for:
Acc pnctr & lac of eye and adnexa during oth procedure
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)

H59.22 is a non-specific and non-billable diagnosis code code, consider using a code with a higher level of specificity for a diagnosis of accidental puncture and laceration of eye and adnexa during other procedure. 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 Acc pnctr & lac of eye and adnexa during oth procedure

Non-specific codes like H59.22 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 acc pnctr & lac of eye and adnexa during oth procedure:

  • Use H59.221 for Accidental puncture and laceration of right eye and adnexa during other procedure - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use H59.222 for Accidental puncture and laceration of left eye and adnexa during other procedure - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use H59.223 for Accidental puncture and laceration of eye and adnexa during other procedure, bilateral - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use H59.229 for Accidental puncture and laceration of unspecified eye and adnexa during other procedure - 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.