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ICD-10-CM Code for Disorders of the eye following cataract surgery H59.0

ICD-10 code H59.0 for Disorders of the eye following cataract surgery is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Diseases of the eye and adnexa .

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Official Long Descriptor

Disorders of the eye following cataract surgery

H59

Excludes1: 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-)

 
H59.0 Disorders of the eye following cataract surgery
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Keratopathy (bullous aphakic) following cataract surgery
Child Code
Cataract (lens) fragments in eye following cataract surgery
Child Code
Cystoid macular edema following cataract surgery
Child Code
Other disorders of the eye following cataract surgery

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