ICD-10-CM Code H54.10 Blindness, one eye, low vision other eye, unspecified eyes BILLABLE | ICD-10 from 2011 - 2016 H54.10 is a billable ICD code used to specify a diagnosis of blindness, one eye, low vision other eye, unspecified eyes. A 'billable code' is detailed enough to be used to specify a medical diagnosis.
This is the American ICD-10-CM version of H54.0 - other international versions of ICD-10 H54.0 may differ. Visual impairment categories 3, 4, 5 in both eyes. injury (trauma) of eye and orbit ( S05.-)
The 2019 edition of ICD-10-CM H54.0 became effective on October 1, 2018. This is the American ICD-10-CM version of H54.0 - other international versions of ICD-10 H54.0 may differ.
The term 'low vision' in category H54 comprises categories 1 and 2 of the table, the term 'blindness' categories 3, 4 and 5, and the term 'unqualified visual loss' category 9.
Type-1 Excludes mean the conditions excluded are mutually exclusive and should never be coded together. Excludes 1 means "do not code here." The ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index links the below-listed medical terms to the ICD code H54.
H54 Blindness and low vision.
Category-level tabular instruction at H54. - (Blindness and low vision) requires you to “code first” the underlying cause of the patient's blindness and low vision. Most codes within this category require a high level of detail in the category of vision loss, whether one or both eyes are affected, and to what degree.
Low vision, left eye, normal vision right eye The 2022 edition of ICD-10-CM H54. 52 became effective on October 1, 2021. This is the American ICD-10-CM version of H54. 52 - other international versions of ICD-10 H54.
Very severe blindness – visual impairment category 5 in one eye and no visual impairment in the other eye.
ICD-10 code H54. 0 for Blindness, both eyes is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Diseases of the eye and adnexa .
If “blindness” or “low vision” in one eye is documented but the visual impairment category is not documented, assign a code from H54. 6-, Unqualified visual loss, one eye. If “blindness” or “visual loss” is documented without any information about whether one or both eyes are affected, assign code H54.
ICD-10-CM Code for Visual disturbances H53.
ICD-10 code H54. 41 for Blindness, right eye, normal vision left eye is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Diseases of the eye and adnexa .
Note: The term visual impairment in category H54 comprises category 0 for mild or no visual impairment, category 1 for moderate visual impairment, category 2 for severe visual impairment, categories 3, 4 and 5 for blindness and category 9 for unqualified visual impairment.
DefinitionsMild –visual acuity worse than 6/12 to 6/18.Moderate –visual acuity worse than 6/18 to 6/60.Severe –visual acuity worse than 6/60 to 3/60.Blindness –visual acuity worse than 3/60.
Persons with low vision in the better eye and economic blindness in the worse eye are awarded 40% disability in the current classification; some visual combinations are missing.
There are three main types of blindness. Color blindness is the inability to perceive differences in various shades of colors, particularly green and red, that others can distinguish.
Visual impairment categories 3, 4, 5 in one eye, with categories 1 or 2 in the other eye.
Visual impairment categories 3, 4, 5 in one eye [normal vision in other eye]
Visual impairment categories 1 or 2 in one eye [normal vision in other eye].
Note: The table below gives a classification of severity of visual impairment recommended by a WHO Study Group on the Prevention of Blindness, Geneva, 6-10 November 1972. The term 'low vision' in category H54 comprises categories 1 and 2 of the table, the term 'blindness' categories 3, 4 and 5, and the term 'unqualified visual loss' category 9. If the extent of the visual field is taken into account, patients with a field no greater than 10 but greater than 5 around central fixation should be placed in category 3 and patients with a field no greater than 5 around central fixation should be placed in category 4, even if the central acuity is not impaired..
Type-1 Excludes mean the conditions excluded are mutually exclusive and should never be coded together. Excludes 1 means "do not code here."
The ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index links the below-listed medical terms to the ICD code H54. Click on any term below to browse the alphabetical index.
The 2021 edition of ICD-10-CM H54.0 became effective on October 1, 2020.
The 2022 edition of ICD-10-CM H54.0 became effective on October 1, 2021.