H59.1
Header — not billableIntraoperative hemorrhage and hematoma of eye and adnexa complicating a procedure
The ICD-10 code for intraoperative hemorrhage and hematoma of eye and adnexa complicating a procedure is H59.1.
H59.1 is a non-billable header code. It groups related conditions but cannot be used on its own for reimbursement — select one of the 2 more specific codes below.
Clinical notes
Excludes1 (not coded here)
An Excludes1 note is a pure exclusion: the excluded condition and this code should never be reported together, because the two conditions cannot occur at the same time (e.g. a congenital form vs. an acquired form of the same disease).
- intraoperative hemorrhage and hematoma of eye and adnexa due to accidental puncture or laceration during a procedure (H59.2-)
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.
- •Confirm the excluded condition(s) listed above are not also present — Excludes1 conditions cannot be coded together with this one.
- •As a general rule, code to the highest level of specificity supported by the documentation in the medical record.
Related codes in this category
- H59.0Disorders of the eye following cataract surgerynon-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
- H59.1Intraoperative hemorrhage and hematoma of eye and adnexa complicating a procedurenon-billable header