H59.40
BillableInflammation (infection) of postprocedural bleb, unspecified
Inflammation (infection) of postprocedural bleb, unspecified
Coding Notes
Excludes 1
Codes that cannot be used together with this code (mutual exclusion)
Excludes 2
Conditions not included here, but the patient may have both
- certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
- certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
- complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
- congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
- diabetes mellitus related eye conditions (E09.3-, E10.3-, E11.3-, E13.3-)
- endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
- injury (trauma) of eye and orbit (S05.-)
- injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
- neoplasms (C00-D49)
- symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)
- syphilis related eye disorders (A50.01, A50.3-, A51.43, A52.71)
Also Known As / Clinical Terms
SNOMED CT
- Chronic endophthalmitis13978000
- Postoperative endophthalmitis314544008
- Chronic postoperative endophthalmitis314546005
- Postoperative sterile endophthalmitis410496001
- Postoperative infectious endophthalmitis410497005
- Sterile endophthalmitis415584007
- Conjunctival blebitis following glaucoma surgery733310006
- Conjunctival blebitis of left eye following glaucoma surgery1303981006
- Conjunctival blebitis of right eye following glaucoma surgery1303983009
- Bilateral conjunctival blebitis following glaucoma surgery1303984003
- Conjunctival blebitis of bilateral eyes following glaucoma surgery1303984003
- Conjunctival blebitis of both eyes following glaucoma surgery1303984003
- Blebitis98851000119102
- Inflammation of filtering bleb98851000119102
- Postprocedural blebitis336691000119100
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the ICD-10 code for inflammation (infection) of postprocedural bleb, unspecified?
The ICD-10-CM code for inflammation (infection) of postprocedural bleb, unspecified is H59.40. The full clinical description is "Inflammation (infection) of postprocedural bleb, unspecified". H59.40 is a billable/specific code that can be used on insurance claims and medical billing.
What does ICD-10 code H59.40 mean?
ICD-10-CM code H59.40 represents "Inflammation (infection) of postprocedural bleb, unspecified". It is classified under Chapter 7: Diseases of the Eye and Adnexa and is a billable/specific code that can be used on a claim.
Is H59.40 a billable code?
Yes, H59.40 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code and can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a medical claim.
What chapter is H59.40 in?
H59.40 is in Chapter 7: Diseases of the Eye and Adnexa (codes H00-H59).
What codes cannot be used with H59.40?
H59.40 has Excludes1 notes indicating codes that cannot be used together with it, including: mechanical complication of intraocular lens (T85.2); mechanical complication of other ocular prosthetic devices, implants and grafts (T85.3); pseudophakia (Z96.1); and 2 more.
What SNOMED CT codes does H59.40 map to?
H59.40 maps to 12 SNOMED CT concepts: 1303984003, 98851000119102, 13978000, 314546005, 733310006, and 7 more. SNOMED CT is a clinical terminology used in electronic health records.
What are the UMLS CUIs for H59.40?
H59.40 is linked to 1 UMLS Concept Unique Identifier: C1719445. The UMLS (Unified Medical Language System) integrates multiple biomedical vocabularies maintained by the U.S. National Library of Medicine.
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