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