ICD-10-CM Codes
H00-H59 Diseases of the eye and adnexa
H53-H54 Visual disturbances and blindness
H53- Visual disturbances
2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code H53.16

2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code H53.16

Psychophysical visual disturbances

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Billable/Specific Code

H53.16 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
The 2021 edition of ICD-10-CM H53.16 became effective on October 1, 2020.
This is the American ICD-10-CM version of H53.16 - other international versions of ICD-10 H53.16 may differ.

The following code(s) above H53.16 contain annotation back-references

Annotation Back-References

In this context, annotation back-references refer to codes that contain:

Applicable To annotations, or
Code Also annotations, or
Code First annotations, or
Excludes1 annotations, or
Excludes2 annotations, or
Includes annotations, or
Note annotations, or
Use Additional annotations

that may be applicable to H53.16:

H00-H59
2021 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

Cortical paralysis of fixation syndrome
Psychophysical visual disturbance
Visual disturbance

ICD-10-CM H53.16 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v38.0):

124 Other disorders of the eye with mcc
125 Other disorders of the eye without mcc

Convert H53.16 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
2020 (effective 10/1/2019): No change
2021 (effective 10/1/2020): No change

Diagnosis Index entries containing back-references to H53.16:

Blindness (acquired) (congenital) (both eyes) H54.0X-
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code H54.0X-
Blindness, both eyes, different category levels
- face H53.16
Disturbance(s) - see also Disease
- vision, visual H53.9
  ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code H53.9
  Unspecified visual disturbance
  2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Billable/Specific Code
  - psychophysical H53.16
- psychophysical visual H53.16

ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To H53.16

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

H53.2 Diplopia

H53.3 Other and unspecified disorders of binocular vision

H53.30 Unspecified disorder of binocular vision

H53.31 Abnormal retinal correspondence

H53.32 Fusion with defective stereopsis

H53.33 Simultaneous visual perception without fusion

H53.34 Suppression of binocular vision

H53.4 Visual field defects

H53.40 Unspecified visual field defects

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

2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code H53.16

Psychophysical visual disturbances

Diseases of the eye and adnexa

Subjective visual disturbances

Blindness, both eyes, different category levels

Unspecified visual disturbance