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ICD-10-CM Current in FY 2027

H59.029

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

Release
FY 2027
Effective
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Hierarchy

Where H59.029 sits in the official hierarchy. Each level is the code it is classified under.

  1. H59 Intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of eye and adnexa, not elsewhere classified
  2. H59.0 Disorders of the eye following cataract surgery
  3. H59.02 Parent Cataract (lens) fragments in eye following cataract surgery
  4. H59.029 This code Cataract (lens) fragments in eye following cataract surgery, unspecified eye

Official Coding Notes

Reproduced verbatim from the FY 2027 ICD-10-CM files. Notes labelled as inherited are declared on a parent code and apply here too.

Excludes1

mechanical complication of intraocular lens ( T85.2 )

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

Excludes1

mechanical complication of other ocular prosthetic devices, implants and grafts ( T85.3 )

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

Excludes1

pseudophakia ( Z96.1 )

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

Excludes1

secondary cataracts ( H26.4- )

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

Version History

How H59.029 appears in each release imported from the official files, newest first.

  1. FY 2027 Effective

    Current

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

  2. FY 2026 Effective

    Unchanged

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

Related Codes

Other codes under H59.02

Data Source

Code information on this page is derived from the FY 2027 ICD-10-CM files published by CDC NCHS and CMS.

Release
FY 2027
Effective
Source file
icd10cm-code-descriptions-2027.zip

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