ICD-10-CM Codes
H00-H59 Diseases of the eye and adnexa
H53-H54 Visual disturbances and blindness
H53- Visual disturbances

2019 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code H53.132

Sudden visual loss, left eye

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Billable/Specific Code

H53.132 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
The 2019 edition of ICD-10-CM H53.132 became effective on October 1, 2018.
This is the American ICD-10-CM version of H53.132 - other international versions of ICD-10 H53.132 may differ.

The following code(s) above H53.132 contain annotation back-references

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that may be applicable to H53.132:

H00-H59
2019 ICD-10-CM Range H00-H59
Diseases of the eye and adnexa
Note
- Use an external cause code following the code for the eye condition, if applicable, to identify the cause of the eye condition
Type 2 Excludes
- 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)
Diseases of the eye and adnexa
H53.1
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code H53.1
Subjective visual disturbances
Type 1 Excludes
- subjective visual disturbances due to vitamin A deficiency (E50.5)
- visual hallucinations (R44.1)
Subjective visual disturbances

Approximate Synonyms

Left sudden visual loss
Sudden visual loss of left eye

ICD-10-CM H53.132 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v36.0):

123 Neurological eye disorders

Convert H53.132 to ICD-9-CM

Code History

2016 (effective 10/1/2015): New code (first year of non-draft ICD-10-CM)
2017 (effective 10/1/2016): No change
2018 (effective 10/1/2017): No change
2019 (effective 10/1/2018): No change

ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To H53.132

H53.1 Subjective visual disturbances

H53.10 Unspecified subjective visual disturbances

H53.11 Day blindness

H53.12 Transient visual loss

H53.121 …… right eye

H53.122 …… left eye

H53.123 …… bilateral

H53.129 …… unspecified eye

H53.13 Sudden visual loss

H53.131 …… right eye

H53.132 …… left eye

H53.133 …… bilateral

H53.139 …… unspecified eye

H53.14 Visual discomfort

H53.141 …… right eye

H53.142 …… left eye

H53.143 …… bilateral

H53.149 …… unspecified

H53.15 Visual distortions of shape and size

H53.16 Psychophysical visual disturbances

H53.19 Other subjective visual disturbances

Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.