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H59.029

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Cataract (lens) fragments in eye following cataract surgery, unspecified eye

This code does not map to an HCC category in any model (V28, V24, ESRD, RxHCC).

What This Code Means

Small fragments of the lens remain in the eye after cataract surgery, affecting an eye that is not specified as right or left.

Coding Tips

  • •Use this code only when the specific eye (right/left/bilateral) is not documented; query the provider if laterality can be determined
  • •This is a post-operative complication code; ensure the cataract surgery is documented in the medical record

Code Hierarchy

└H59Intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of eye and adnexa, not elsewhere classified└H59.0Disorders of the eye following cataract surgery└H59.02Cataract (lens) fragments in eye following cataract surgery└H59.029Cataract (lens) fragments in eye following cataract surgery, unspecified eye
└H59.029Cataract (lens) fragments in eye following cataract surgery, unspecified eye

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