icd 10 code for vertical diplopia

What is the ICD 10 code for diplopia?

Diplopia 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Billable/Specific Code H53.2 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes. The 2021 edition of ICD-10-CM H53.2 became effective on October 1, 2020.

What is the ICD 10 code for double vision?

Diagnosis Index entries containing back-references to H53.2: Diplopia H53.2 Disorder (of) - see also Disease vision, binocular H53.30 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code H53.30 Double vision H53.2 Vision, visual double H53.2

What is the ICD 10 code for vertical dissociated gaze palsy?

Skew deviation (eye condition) Vertical dissociated gaze palsy ICD-10-CM H51.8 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group (s) (MS-DRG v38.0): 123 Neurological eye disorders

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What is the difference between horizontal and vertical double vision?

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.

What is bilateral diplopia?

Binocular diplopia refers to double vision due to misalignment of the eyes, often caused by weakness or restricted movement of the muscles surrounding the eye (i.e., extraocular muscles). Binocular diplopia occurs when both eyes are open, so it can resolve when one eye is covered or closed.

What causes horizontal and vertical diplopia?

Causes of horizontal diplopia include thyroid eye disease (Graves disease or ophthalmopathy), internuclear ophthalmoplegia (INO), one-and-a-half syndrome and convergence insufficiency. Vertical diplopia may be a sign of thyroid eye disease, cranial nerve palsy, skew deviation, or Browns syndrome.

What do you mean by diplopia?

Diplopia is the medical term for double vision or seeing double. Diplopia is defined as seeing two images of a single object when you're looking at it. Double vision is usually a temporary issue, but it can also be a sign of more serious health conditions.

What is vertical diplopia?

Patients with vertical diplopia complain of seeing two images, one atop or diagonally displaced from the other. The assessment of these patients begins with a thorough history, including questions about previous eye muscle operations, childhood strabismus, and patching or orthoptic exercises.

What causes vertical diplopia?

Trochlear nerve palsy is the most common cause for vertical extraocular muscle weakness and vertical diplopia. However, other causes of an apparent superior oblique palsy such as myasthenia gravis and thyroid eye disease should be excluded before it can be attributed to a trochlear nerve lesion.

How is vertical diplopia treated?

Treatment of binocular double vision usually begins with the use of prisms in your glasses to realign the two images into a single image. Covering one eye with a patch is another option. Once the double vision is stable, then referral to a surgeon may be appropriate to correct the misalignment of the eyes.

What nerve palsy causes vertical diplopia?

Patients with trochlear nerve palsy complain of double vision vertically (vertical diplopia) or the images being tilted or rotated (torsional diplopia). The diplopia is binocular and may worsen or improve in different gazes.

Which muscle causes vertical diplopia?

The most common muscle involved in thyroid-associated ophthalmopathy is the inferior rectus that causes vertical diplopia.

Is diplopia a visual impairment?

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).

What is the difference between monocular and binocular diplopia?

In binocular diplopia, the double vision resolves with either eye covered. In monocular diplopia, the double vision persists when the good eye is covered and disappears when the affected eye is covered.

How do you characterize diplopia?

Diplopia should be characterized as either: monocular or binocular, horizontal or vertical, acute or progressive, painful or painless, traumatic or non-traumatic and isolated or associated with other neurological signs. True sudden onset suggests an ischemic/vascular cause.

Is diplopia a disability?

In summary, the Veteran's diplopia is considered a disability, and a 30 percent schedular rating is warranted.

Is double vision a serious symptom?

Double vision (diplopia) is not usually serious but it's important to get it checked, even if it comes and goes.

Can diplopia cause blindness?

About 30 percent of people with this condition experience some type of vision problem. This is a common cause of double vision in children. The muscles of the eyes have trouble working together. It leads to a variety of vision problems and can cause permanent vision loss.

What causes double vision in both eyes?

Binocular double vision, or binocular diplopia, is caused by misalignment of the eyes. This causes the images from each eye to be off a bit, making you see two images. With this type of double vision, the images often are completely distinct with space between them.

The ICD code H532 is used to code Diplopia

Diplopia, commonly known as double vision, is the simultaneous perception of two images of a single object that may be displaced horizontally, vertically, diagonally (i.e., both vertically and horizontally), or rotationally in relation to each other.

Coding Notes for H53.2 Info for medical coders on how to properly use this ICD-10 code

Inclusion Terms are a list of concepts for which a specific code is used. The list of Inclusion Terms is useful for determining the correct code in some cases, but the list is not necessarily exhaustive.

ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index References for 'H53.2 - Diplopia'

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Equivalent ICD-9 Code GENERAL EQUIVALENCE MAPPINGS (GEM)

This is the official exact match mapping between ICD9 and ICD10, as provided by the General Equivalency mapping crosswalk. This means that in all cases where the ICD9 code 368.2 was previously used, H53.2 is the appropriate modern ICD10 code.