H59.0
Disorders of the eye following cataract surgery
Not billable — category only FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
Exclusions 15 never code together
H59code
H00-H59chapter
Excludes2
- certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)P04-P96
- certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)A00-B99
- complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)O00-O9A
- congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)Q00-Q99
- diabetes mellitus related eye conditions (E09.3-, E10.3-, E11.3-, E13.3-)E09.3-E10.3-E11.3-E13.3-
- endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)E00-E88
- injury (trauma) of eye and orbit (S05.-)S05.-
- injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)S00-T88
- neoplasms (C00-D49)C00-D49
- symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)R00-R94
- syphilis related eye disorders (A50.01, A50.3-, A51.43, A52.71)A50.01A50.3-A51.43A52.71
Excludes1 — never code together. The excluded condition and this one are mutually exclusive.
Excludes2 — not included here, but the patient may have both. Code both when documented.
Instructional notes 1
H00-H59chapter
Notes
- Use an external cause code following the code for the eye condition, if applicable, to identify the cause of the eye condition
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Alongside this code 5 same parent — H59
H59.1 Intraop hemor/hemtom of eye and adnexa comp a procedure category H59.2 Accidental pnctr & lac of eye and adnexa during a procedure category H59.3 Postp hemor, hematoma, and seroma of eye and adnx fol a proc category H59.4 Inflammation (infection) of postprocedural bleb category H59.8 Oth intraop & postproc comp and disord of eye and adnx, NEC category
Subordinate codes 4
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