H59.0
Header — not billableDisorders of the eye following cataract surgery
The ICD-10 code for disorders of the eye following cataract surgery is H59.0.
H59.0 is a non-billable header code. It groups related conditions but cannot be used on its own for reimbursement — select one of the 4 more specific codes below.
Documentation support
General coding-documentation guidance — not a substitute for payer-specific requirements or professional coding judgment.
- •This is a non-billable header code. Documentation must support a more specific child code before this diagnosis can be reported on a claim.
- •As a general rule, code to the highest level of specificity supported by the documentation in the medical record.
Child codes under H59.0
- H59.01Keratopathy (bullous aphakic) following cataract surgerynon-billable header
- H59.02Cataract (lens) fragments in eye following cataract surgerynon-billable header
- H59.03Cystoid macular edema following cataract surgerynon-billable header
- H59.09Other disorders of the eye following cataract surgerynon-billable header
Related codes in this category
- H59.1Intraoperative hemorrhage and hematoma of eye and adnexa complicating a procedurenon-billable header
- H59.2Accidental puncture and laceration of eye and adnexa during a procedurenon-billable header
- H59.3Postprocedural hemorrhage, hematoma, and seroma of eye and adnexa following a procedurenon-billable header
- H59.4Inflammation (infection) of postprocedural blebnon-billable header
- H59.8Other intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of eye and adnexa, not elsewhere classifiednon-billable header
- H59.0Disorders of the eye following cataract surgerynon-billable header