H59.42 Inflammation (infection) of postprocedural bleb, stage 2
Instructional Notes:
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H59.42
Description: Inflammation (infection) of postprocedural bleb, stage 2
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H59.4
Description: Inflammation (infection) of postprocedural bleb
Exclude1:- filtering (vitreous) bleb after glaucoma surgery status (Z98.83)
- Postprocedural blebitis
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H59
Description: Intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of eye and adnexa, not elsewhere classified (H59)
Exclude1:- mechanical complication of intraocular lens (T85.2)
- mechanical complication of other ocular prosthetic devices, implants and grafts (T85.3)
- pseudophakia (Z96.1)
- secondary cataracts (H26.4-)
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H00-H59
Description: Diseases of the eye and adnexa
Exclude2:- 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)
- Use an external cause code following the code for the eye condition, if applicable, to identify the cause of the eye condition