Blindness and low vision - H54

H54 Category in ICD-10-CM facilitate the systematic organization of medical information for accurate and standardized healthcare practices.

Category Notes:

For definition of visual impairment categories see table below

Excludes1: It indicates that the conditions described by two codes cannot occur together in the same patient. These codes are mutually exclusive.

Type 1 Excludes:

amaurosis fugax (G45.3)

Code First: This note advises that another code should be sequenced as the principal diagnosis before the code with this note.

Category codeFirst:

any associated underlying cause of the blindness

These ranges represents subcategories of Blindness and low vision. The "H54" signifies that these are the diseases within this broad category.

Codes:

H54.0 - Blindness, both eyes
H54.0X - Blindness, both eyes, different category levels
H54.0X3 - Blindness right eye, category 3
H54.0X33 - Blindness right eye category 3, blindness left eye category 3
H54.0X34 - Blindness right eye category 3, blindness left eye category 4
H54.0X35 - Blindness right eye category 3, blindness left eye category 5
H54.0X4 - Blindness right eye, category 4
H54.0X43 - Blindness right eye category 4, blindness left eye category 3
H54.0X44 - Blindness right eye category 4, blindness left eye category 4
H54.0X45 - Blindness right eye category 4, blindness left eye category 5
H54.0X5 - Blindness right eye, category 5
H54.0X53 - Blindness right eye category 5, blindness left eye category 3
H54.0X54 - Blindness right eye category 5, blindness left eye category 4
H54.0X55 - Blindness right eye category 5, blindness left eye category 5
H54.1 - Blindness, one eye, low vision other eye
H54.10 - Blindness, one eye, low vision other eye, unspecified eyes
H54.11 - Blindness, right eye, low vision left eye
H54.113 - Blindness right eye category 3, low vision left eye
H54.1131 - Blindness right eye category 3, low vision left eye category 1
H54.1132 - Blindness right eye category 3, low vision left eye category 2
H54.114 - Blindness right eye category 4, low vision left eye
H54.1141 - Blindness right eye category 4, low vision left eye category 1
H54.1142 - Blindness right eye category 4, low vision left eye category 2
H54.115 - Blindness right eye category 5, low vision left eye
H54.1151 - Blindness right eye category 5, low vision left eye category 1
H54.1152 - Blindness right eye category 5, low vision left eye category 2
H54.12 - Blindness, left eye, low vision right eye
H54.121 - Low vision right eye category 1, blindness left eye
H54.1213 - Low vision right eye category 1, blindness left eye category 3
H54.1214 - Low vision right eye category 1, blindness left eye category 4
H54.1215 - Low vision right eye category 1, blindness left eye category 5
H54.122 - Low vision right eye category 2, blindness left eye
H54.1223 - Low vision right eye category 2, blindness left eye category 3
H54.1224 - Low vision right eye category 2, blindness left eye category 4
H54.1225 - Low vision right eye category 2, blindness left eye 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 - Blindness, one eye, 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
H54.42A3 - Blindness left eye category 3, normal vision right eye
H54.42A4 - Blindness left eye category 4, normal vision right eye
H54.42A5 - Blindness left eye category 5, normal vision right eye
H54.5 - Low vision, one eye
H54.50 - Low vision, one eye, unspecified eye
H54.51 - Low vision, right eye, normal vision left eye
H54.511 - Low vision, right eye, category 1
H54.511A - Low vision right eye category 1, normal vision left eye
H54.512 - Low vision, right eye, category 2
H54.512A - Low vision right eye category 2, normal vision left eye
H54.52 - Low vision, left eye, normal vision right eye
H54.52A - Low vision, left eye, category 1-2
H54.52A1 - Low vision left eye category 1, normal vision right eye
H54.52A2 - Low vision left eye category 2, normal vision right eye
H54.6 - Unqualified visual loss, one eye
H54.60 - Unqualified visual loss, one eye, unspecified
H54.61 - Unqualified visual loss, right eye, normal vision left eye
H54.62 - Unqualified visual loss, left eye, normal vision right eye
H54.7 - Unspecified visual loss
H54.8 - Legal blindness, as defined in USA