2018

  1. ICD-10-CM Codes
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  2. H00-H59 Diseases of the eye and adnexa
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  3. H53-H54 Visual disturbances and blindness
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  4. H54- Blindness and low vision
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2018 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code H54.4

Blindness, one eye

Applicable To
  • Visual impairment categories 3, 4, 5 in one eye [normal vision in other eye]
The following code(s) above H54.4 contain annotation back-references
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  • Code Also annotations, or
  • Code First annotations, or
  • Excludes1 annotations, or
  • Excludes2 annotations, or
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that may be applicable to H54.4:
  • H00-H59
    2018 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

      2016 2017 2018 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
    Code First
    • any associated underlying cause of the blindness
    Note
    • For definition of visual impairment categories see table below
    Type 1 Excludes
    Blindness and low vision
Code History
ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To H54.4
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
H54.2X11 Low vision right eye category 1, low vision left eye category 1
H54.2X12 Low vision right eye category 1, low vision left eye category 2
H54.2X2 Low vision, right eye, category 2
H54.2X21 Low vision right eye category 2, low vision left eye category 1
H54.2X22 Low vision right eye category 2, low vision left eye category 2
H54.3 Unqualified visual loss, both eyes
H54.4 Blindness, one eye
H54.40 …… unspecified eye
H54.41 Blindness, right eye, normal vision left eye
H54.413 Blindness, right eye, category 3
H54.413A Blindness right eye category 3, normal vision left eye
H54.414 Blindness, right eye, category 4
H54.414A Blindness right eye category 4, normal vision left eye
H54.415 Blindness, right eye, category 5
H54.415A Blindness right eye category 5, normal vision left eye
H54.42 Blindness, left eye, normal vision right eye
H54.42A Blindness, left eye, category 3-5

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