ICD-10-CM Codes
H00-H59 Diseases of the eye and adnexa
H53-H54 Visual disturbances and blindness
H54- Blindness and low vision
2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code H54.121

2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code H54.121

Low vision right eye category 1, blindness left eye

2018 - New Code

2019

2020

2021

Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code

H54.121 should not be used for reimbursement purposes as there are multiple codes below it that contain a greater level of detail.
The 2021 edition of ICD-10-CM H54.121 became effective on October 1, 2020.
This is the American ICD-10-CM version of H54.121 - other international versions of ICD-10 H54.121 may differ.

The following code(s) above H54.121 contain annotation back-references

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Code Also annotations, or
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that may be applicable to H54.121:

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
H54
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code H54
Blindness and low vision
Code First
- any associated underlying cause of the blindness
Note
- For definition of visual impairment categories see table below
Type 1 Excludes
- amaurosis fugax (G45.3)
Blindness and low vision
H54.1
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code H54.1
Blindness, one eye, low vision other eye
Applicable To
- Visual impairment categories 3, 4, 5 in one eye, with categories 1 or 2 in the other eye.
Blindness, one eye, low vision other eye

Code History

2018 (effective 10/1/2017): New code
2019 (effective 10/1/2018): No change
2020 (effective 10/1/2019): No change
2021 (effective 10/1/2020): No change

ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To H54.121

H54.113 Blindness right eye category 3, low vision left eye

H54.1131 …… category 1

H54.1132 …… category 2

H54.114 Blindness right eye category 4, low vision left eye

H54.1141 …… category 1

H54.1142 …… category 2

H54.115 Blindness right eye category 5, low vision left eye

H54.1151 …… category 1

H54.1152 …… category 2

H54.12 Blindness, left eye, low vision right eye

H54.121 Low vision right eye category 1, blindness left eye

H54.1213 …… category 3

H54.1214 …… category 4

H54.1215 …… category 5

H54.122 Low vision right eye category 2, blindness left eye

H54.1223 …… category 3

H54.1224 …… category 4

H54.1225 …… category 5

H54.2 Low vision, both eyes

H54.2X Low vision, both eyes, different category levels

H54.2X1 Low vision, right eye, category 1

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