ICD-10 Diagnosis Code H59.40
Inflammation (infection) of postprocedural bleb, unspecified
Diagnosis Code H59.40
Short Description: Inflammation (infection) of postprocedural bleb, unspecified
Long Description: Inflammation (infection) of postprocedural bleb, unspecified
This is the 2018 version of the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code H59.40
Valid for Submission
The code H59.40 is valid for submission for HIPAA-covered transactions.
Code Classification
Information for Medical Professionals
The diagnosis code H59.40 is grouped in the following Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG V35.0)
Convert to ICD-9
- 379.60 - Inflam postproc bleb NOS
Synonyms
- Blebitis
- Chronic postoperative endophthalmitis
- Conjunctival blebitis following glaucoma surgery
- Disorder of filtering bleb
- Infectious endophthalmitis
- Inflammation of filtering bleb
- Postoperative endophthalmitis
- Postoperative infectious endophthalmitis
- Postoperative sterile endophthalmitis
- Postprocedural blebitis
Index to Diseases and Injuries
References found for the code H59.40 in the Index to Diseases and Injuries:
- - Bleb (s) - R23.8
- - inflammed (infected), postprocedural - H59.40
- - Blebitis, postprocedural - H59.40
ICD-10 Footnotes
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