H59.4Inflammation (infection) of postprocedural bleb

H59.4 is the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for inflammation (infection) of postprocedural bleb. It belongs to category H59 (intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of eye and adnexa, not elsewhere classified), block H59 (intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of eye and adnexa, not elsewhere classified) and chapter 7 (diseases of the eye and adnexa). It is a header code, so it can't be reported by itself; one of its 4 subcodes must be used instead.

Within H59 (intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of eye and adnexa, not elsewhere classified), H59.4 is specifically for inflammation (infection) of postprocedural bleb. Related codes cover disorders of the eye following cataract surgery (H59.0), intraoperative hemorrhage and hematoma of eye and adnexa complicating a procedure (H59.1), accidental puncture and laceration of eye and adnexa during a procedure (H59.2), postprocedural hemorrhage, hematoma, and seroma of eye and adnexa following a procedure (H59.3) and other intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of eye and adnexa, not elsewhere classified (H59.8).

To report this condition, pick the subcode that matches the documentation: H59.40 (unspecified), H59.41 (stage 1), H59.42 (stage 2) and H59.43 (stage 3).

Don't report H59.4 together with the conditions in its Excludes1 note: filtering (vitreous) bleb after glaucoma surgery status (Z98.83).

It has been part of ICD-10-CM since the code set took effect on October 1, 2015 and hasn't changed since.