2021 ICD-10-CM Code H59.40 - Inflammation (infection) of postprocedural bleb, unspecified

Valid for Submission

H59.40 is a billable diagnosis code used to specify a medical diagnosis of inflammation (infection) of postprocedural bleb, unspecified. The code H59.40 is valid during the fiscal year 2021 from October 01, 2020 through September 30, 2021 for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions.

The ICD-10-CM code H59.40 might also be used to specify conditions or terms like blebitis, chronic postoperative endophthalmitis, conjunctival blebitis following glaucoma surgery, disorder of filtering bleb, postoperative endophthalmitis , postoperative infectious endophthalmitis, etc.

Unspecified diagnosis codes like H59.40 are acceptable when clinical information is unknown or not available about a particular condition. Although a more specific code is preferable, unspecified codes should be used when such codes most accurately reflect what is known about a patient's condition. Specific diagnosis codes should not be used if not supported by the patient's medical record.

Code Classification

Diseases of the eye and adnexa (H00–H59)
- Intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of eye and adnexa, not elsewhere classified (H59)
  - Intraop and postproc comp and disord of eye and adnexa, NEC (H59)

Index to Diseases and Injuries

The Index to Diseases and Injuries is an alphabetical listing of medical terms, with each term mapped to one or more ICD-10 code(s). The following references for the code H59.40 are found in the index:

- Bleb (s) - R23.8
- - inflammed (infected), postprocedural - H59.40

- Blebitis, postprocedural - H59.40

Approximate Synonyms

The following clinical terms are approximate synonyms or lay terms that might be used to identify the correct diagnosis code:

Blebitis
Chronic postoperative endophthalmitis
Conjunctival blebitis following glaucoma surgery
Disorder of filtering bleb
Postoperative endophthalmitis
Postoperative infectious endophthalmitis
Postoperative sterile endophthalmitis
Postprocedural blebitis
Sterile endophthalmitis

Diagnostic Related Groups - MS-DRG Mapping

The ICD-10 code H59.40 is grouped in the following groups for version MS-DRG V38.0 What are Diagnostic Related Groups?
The Diagnostic Related Groups (DRGs) are a patient classification scheme which provides a means of relating the type of patients a hospital treats. The DRGs divides all possible principal diagnoses into mutually exclusive principal diagnosis areas referred to as Major Diagnostic Categories (MDC). applicable from 10/01/2020 through 09/30/2021.

124 - OTHER DISORDERS OF THE EYE WITH MCC - Relative Weight: 1.3988
125 - OTHER DISORDERS OF THE EYE WITHOUT MCC - Relative Weight: 0.8354

Convert H59.40 to ICD-9 Code

379.60 - Inflam postproc bleb NOS

Code History

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 (First year ICD-10-CM implemented into the HIPAA code set)

ICD-10:	H59.40
Short Description:	Inflammation (infection) of postprocedural bleb, unspecified
Long Description:	Inflammation (infection) of postprocedural bleb, unspecified