H59.4
Header — not billableInflammation (infection) of postprocedural bleb
The ICD-10 code for inflammation (infection) of postprocedural bleb is H59.4.
H59.4 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.
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).
- filtering (vitreous) bleb after glaucoma surgery status (Z98.83)
Also known as
Alternate wording, synonyms, or specific conditions that fall under this code, listed to help confirm you've picked the right one.
- Postprocedural blebitis
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
- H59.1Intraoperative 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
- H59.8Other intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of eye and adnexa, not elsewhere classifiednon-billable header
- H59.4Inflammation (infection) of postprocedural blebnon-billable header