H59.21 Accidental puncture and laceration of eye and adnexa during an ophthalmic procedure

Non-billable header with 4 child codes.

Applies from H59 Intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of eye and adnexa, not elsewhere classified

Excludes1 (never code together)

• 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-)

Codes under H59.21

• H59.211 Accidental puncture and laceration of right eye and adnexa during an ophthalmic procedure
• H59.212 Accidental puncture and laceration of left eye and adnexa during an ophthalmic procedure
• H59.213 Accidental puncture and laceration of eye and adnexa during an ophthalmic procedure, bilateral
• H59.219 Accidental puncture and laceration of unspecified eye and adnexa during an ophthalmic procedure

Code annotations containing back-references to H59.21

Back-references to H59.2

• Type 1 Excludes: H59.1 Intraoperative hemorrhage and hematoma of eye and adnexa complicating a procedure ("intraoperative hemorrhage and hematoma of eye and adnexa due to accidental puncture or laceration during a procedure (H59.2-)")

Back-references to H59

• Type 2 Excludes: T81 Complications of procedures, not elsewhere classified ("intraoperative and postprocedural complications of specific body system (D78.-, E36.-, E89.-, G97.3-, G97.4, H59.3-, H59.-, H95.2-, H95.3, I97.4-, I97.5, J95, K91.-, L76.-, M96.-, N99.-)")

Diagnosis Index entries for H59.21

• Complication (s) (from) (of) › intraoperative (intraprocedural) › puncture or laceration (accidental) (unintentional) (of) › eye and adnexa › during ophthalmic procedure

Nearby codes

• H59.121 Intraoperative hemorrhage and hematoma of right eye and adnexa complicating other procedure
• H59.122 Intraoperative hemorrhage and hematoma of left eye and adnexa complicating other procedure
• H59.123 Intraoperative hemorrhage and hematoma of eye and adnexa complicating other procedure, bilateral
• H59.129 Intraoperative hemorrhage and hematoma of unspecified eye and adnexa complicating other procedure
• H59.2 Accidental puncture and laceration of eye and adnexa during a procedure
• H59.21 Accidental puncture and laceration of eye and adnexa during an ophthalmic procedure (this code)
• H59.211 Accidental puncture and laceration of right eye and adnexa during an ophthalmic procedure
• H59.212 Accidental puncture and laceration of left eye and adnexa during an ophthalmic procedure
• H59.213 Accidental puncture and laceration of eye and adnexa during an ophthalmic procedure, bilateral
• H59.219 Accidental puncture and laceration of unspecified eye and adnexa during an ophthalmic procedure
• H59.22 Accidental puncture and laceration of eye and adnexa during other procedure