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  2. H00-H59 Diseases of the eye and adnexa
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  5. 2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code H53.19

2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code H53.19

Other subjective visual disturbances

    2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 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 2021 edition of ICD-10-CM H53.19 became effective on October 1, 2020.
  • 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
    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

      2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
    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 v38.0):
  • 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
  • 2021 (effective 10/1/2020): No change

Diagnosis Index entries containing back-references to 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.

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