2021 ICD-10-CM Code H59.43
Inflammation (infection) of postprocedural bleb, stage 3
Valid for Submission
H59.43 is a billable diagnosis code used to specify a medical diagnosis of inflammation (infection) of postprocedural bleb, stage 3. The code H59.43 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 H59.43 might also be used to specify conditions or terms like bleb associated endophthalmitis or disorder of filtering bleb.
| ICD-10: | H59.43 |
| Short Description: | Inflammation (infection) of postprocedural bleb, stage 3 |
| Long Description: | Inflammation (infection) of postprocedural bleb, stage 3 |
Code Classification
Tabular List of Diseases and Injuries
The Tabular List of Diseases and Injuries is a list of ICD-10 codes, organized "head to toe" into chapters and sections with guidance for inclusions, exclusions, descriptions and more. The following references are applicable to the code H59.43:
Inclusion Terms
Inclusion TermsThese terms are the conditions for which that code is to be used. The terms may be synonyms of the code title, or, in the case of "other specified" codes, the terms are a list of the various conditions assigned to that code. The inclusion terms are not necessarily exhaustive. Additional terms found only in the Alphabetic Index may also be assigned to a code.
- Bleb endophthalmitis
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 H59.43 are found in the index:
- - Bleb (s) - R23.8
- - endophthalmitis - H59.43
- - inflammed (infected), postprocedural - H59.40
- - stage 3 - H59.43
- - Blebitis, postprocedural - H59.40
- - stage 3 - H59.43
Approximate Synonyms
The following clinical terms are approximate synonyms or lay terms that might be used to identify the correct diagnosis code:
- Bleb associated endophthalmitis
- Disorder of filtering bleb
Diagnostic Related Groups - MS-DRG Mapping
The ICD-10 code H59.43 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 H59.43 to ICD-9 Code
- 379.63 - Inflam postproc bleb, 3
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)