ICD-10 is the 10th revision of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD), a medical classification list by the World Health Organization (WHO). It contains codes for diseases, signs and symptoms, abnormal findings, complaints, social circumstances, and external causes of injury or diseases.
Why ICD-10 codes are important
The ICD-10-CM is a catalog of diagnosis codes used by medical professionals for medical coding and reporting in health care settings. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) maintain the catalog in the U.S. releasing yearly updates.
The World Health Organization (WHO) is revising the ICD-10 classification of mental and behavioural disorders, under the leadership of the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse and within the framework of the overall revision framework as ...
ICD-10-CM Code for Diplopia H53. 2.
Double vision, which is also called diplopia, causes people to see two of the same image—whether horizontal, vertical or diagonal—instead of one. Sometimes double vision can just be an irritating but benign problem called strabismus. Other times the condition arises from a serious medical condition.
1 Severe visual impairment, binocular.
8: Other visual disturbances.
Horizontal diplopia: Double vision where the two images are separated laterally (horizontally). Vertical diplopia: Double vision where one image is higher than the other. Monocular diplopia: Double vision that persists in one eye when the other eye is closed.
Diplopia or double vision is a visual impairment consisting in perceiving two images of the same object. It can be horizontal, vertical or diagonal, depending on the place where the dual images appear (beside, below, above or diagonally with regard to the object).
ICD-10 Code for Low vision, both eyes- H54. 2- Codify by AAPC.
The American Academy of Ophthalmology defines visual impairment as the best-corrected visual acuity of less than 20/40 in the better eye, and the World Health Organization defines it as a presenting acuity of less than 6/12 in the better eye. The term blindness is used for complete or nearly complete vision loss.
If “blindness” or “low vision” of both eyes is documented but the visual impairment category is not documented, assign code H54. 3, Unqualified visual loss, both eyes. If “blindness” or “low vision” in one eye is documented but the visual impairment category is not documented, assign a code from H54.
H53. 8 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes. The 2022 edition of ICD-10-CM H53.
H25. 13 Age-related nuclear cataract, bilateral - ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Codes.
ICD-10 code R51 for Headache is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified .