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H54Blindness and low vision

ICD-10-CM category (non-billable header) code — part of Visual disturbances and blindness (H53-H54)

Code Details

Billable	No — use a more specific child code
Chapter	Chapter 7: Diseases of the eye and adnexa (H00-H59)
Section	Visual disturbances and blindness (H53-H54)

Coding Notes

Excludes1 (never code both together)

amaurosis fugax (G45.3)

Code First

any associated underlying cause of the blindness

Note

For definition of visual impairment categories see table below

Subcategories (9)

H54.0 Blindness, both eyes
H54.1 Blindness, one eye, low vision other eye
H54.2 Low vision, both eyes
H54.3 Unqualified visual loss, both eyes
H54.4 Blindness, one eye
H54.5 Low vision, one eye
H54.6 Unqualified visual loss, one eye
H54.7 Unspecified visual loss
H54.8 Legal blindness, as defined in USA

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