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

2020 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code H53.19

Other subjective visual disturbances

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

Billable/Specific Code

H53.19 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
The 2020 edition of ICD-10-CM H53.19 became effective on October 1, 2019.
This is the American ICD-10-CM version of H53.19 - other international versions of ICD-10 H53.19 may differ.

Applicable To

Visual halos

The following code(s) above H53.19 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 H53.19:

H00-H59
2020 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

Bilateral scintillating scotoma
Bilateral scintillating scotoma (eye condition)
Bilateral vitreous flashes
Left scintillating scotoma
Left scintillating scotoma (eye condition)
Left vitreous flashes
Left vitreous flashes (eye condition)
Photophobia
Photopsia
Photopsia (light flashes)
Refractive diplopia
Refractive polyopia
Right scintillating scotoma
Right scintillating scotoma (eye condition)
Right vitreous flashes
Right vitreous flashes (eye condition)
Scintillating scotoma
Visual halos
Visual halos (eye condition)
Vitreous flashes
Vitreous flashes (eye condition)
Vitreous flashes, both eyes

Clinical Information

Hazy ring around bright lights seen by some patients with refractive error or optical defects, e.g. Cataracts, or corneal swelling.

ICD-10-CM H53.19 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v37.0):

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

Convert H53.19 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

Diagnosis Index entries containing back-references to H53.19:

Disturbance(s) - see also Disease
- vision, visual H53.9
  ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code H53.9
  Unspecified visual disturbance
  2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Billable/Specific Code
  - subjective H53.10
    ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code H53.10
    Unspecified subjective visual disturbances
    2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Billable/Specific Code
    - specified type NEC H53.19
Halo, visual H53.19
Photopsia H53.19
Scotoma (arcuate) (Bjerrum) (central) (ring) - see also Defect, visual field, localized, scotoma
- scintillating H53.19
Vision, visual
- halos H53.19

ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To H53.19

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

H53.41 Scotoma involving central area

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

2020 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code H53.19

Other subjective visual disturbances

Diseases of the eye and adnexa

Subjective visual disturbances

Unspecified visual disturbance

Unspecified subjective visual disturbances