ICD-10 Diagnosis Code H59.40
Inflammation (infection) of postprocedural bleb, unspecified
Diagnosis Code H59.40
ICD-10: H59.40
Short Description: Inflammation (infection) of postprocedural bleb, unspecified
Long Description: Inflammation (infection) of postprocedural bleb, unspecified
This is the 2019 version of the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code H59.40
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The code H59.40 is valid for submission for HIPAA-covered transactions.
Code Classification
Short Description: Inflammation (infection) of postprocedural bleb, unspecified
Long Description: Inflammation (infection) of postprocedural bleb, unspecified
This is the 2019 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
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Diseases of the eye and adnexa (H00–H59)
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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)
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Intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of eye and adnexa, not elsewhere classified (H59)
Information for Medical Professionals
Diagnostic Related Groups
The diagnosis code H59.40 is grouped in the following Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG V35.0)
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Synonyms
The diagnosis code H59.40 is grouped in the following Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG V35.0)
Convert to ICD-9
General Equivalence MapThe ICD-10 and ICD-9 GEMs are used to facilitate linking between the diagnosis codes in ICD-9-CM and the new ICD-10-CM code set. The GEMs are the raw material from which providers, health information vendors and payers can derive specific applied mappings to meet their needs.
- 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