ICD-10-CM Codes
H00-H59
H53-H54
H53-
2023 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code H53.63

2023 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code H53.63

Congenital night blindness

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

Billable/Specific Code

H53.63 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
The 2023 edition of ICD-10-CM H53.63 became effective on October 1, 2022.
This is the American ICD-10-CM version of H53.63 - other international versions of ICD-10 H53.63 may differ.

The following code(s) above H53.63 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 H53.63:

H00-H59
2023 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
H53.6
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code H53.6
Night blindness
Type 1 Excludes
- night blindness due to vitamin A deficiency (E50.5)
Night blindness

ICD-10-CM H53.63 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v40.0):

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

Convert H53.63 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
2022 (effective 10/1/2021): No change
2023 (effective 10/1/2022): No change

Diagnosis Index entries containing back-references to H53.63:

Blindness (acquired) (congenital) (both eyes) H54.0X-
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code H54.0X-
Blindness, both eyes, different category levels
- night H53.60
  ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code H53.60
  Unspecified night blindness
  2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Billable/Specific Code
  - congenital H53.63
Oguchi's disease H53.63

ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To H53.63

H53.51 Achromatopsia

H53.52 Acquired color vision deficiency

H53.53 Deuteranomaly

H53.54 Protanomaly

H53.55 Tritanomaly

H53.59 Other color vision deficiencies

H53.6 Night blindness

H53.60 Unspecified night blindness

H53.61 Abnormal dark adaptation curve

H53.62 Acquired night blindness

H53.63 Congenital night blindness

H53.69 Other night blindness

H53.7 Vision sensitivity deficiencies

H53.71 Glare sensitivity

H53.72 Impaired contrast sensitivity

H53.8 Other visual disturbances

H53.9 Unspecified visual disturbance

H54 Blindness and low vision

H54.0 Blindness, both eyes

H54.0X Blindness, both eyes, different category levels

H54.0X3 Blindness right eye, category 3

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

2023 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code H53.63

Congenital night blindness

Diseases of the eye and adnexa

Night blindness

Blindness, both eyes, different category levels

Unspecified night blindness