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ICD-10 H54 - Blindness and low vision
Chapter 7 Section H53-H54

H54

ICD-10 Not billable

Blindness and low vision

Code first: any associated underlying cause of the blindness
Specifically for this code:
  • amaurosis fugax (G45.3)
Specifically for this code:
  • For definition of visual impairment categories see table below
From Chapter 7:
  • Use an external cause code following the code for the eye condition, if applicable, to identify the cause of the eye condition
From Chapter 7:
  • certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
  • certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
  • complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
  • congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
  • diabetes mellitus related eye conditions (E09.3-, E10.3-, E11.3-, E13.3-)
  • endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
  • injury (trauma) of eye and orbit (S05.-)
  • injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
  • neoplasms (C00-D49)
  • symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)
  • syphilis related eye disorders (A50.01, A50.3-, A51.43, A52.71)
H54 is a "category code," which means it's non-billable. Billable codes require more specificity. Use the list below to navigate to codes that are more specific:
10
H54.0
Blindness, both eyes
Billable
10
H54.1
Blindness, one eye, low vision other eye
10
H54.2
Low vision, both eyes
Billable
10
H54.3
Unqualified visual loss, both eyes
Billable
10
H54.4
Blindness, one eye
10
H54.5
Low vision, one eye
10
H54.6
Unqualified visual loss, one eye
10
H54.7
Unspecified visual loss
Billable
10
H54.8
Legal blindness, as defined in USA
Billable
      
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