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H54 - Blindness and low vision

ICD-10-CM Chapter 7: Diseases of the eye and adnexa · H53-H54 Visual disturbances and blindness (H53-H54) · Top-level category · FY2027

Coding Guidance

H54 is a non-billable heading. Report one of the 9 more specific codes below.

Includes, Excludes and Coding Notes

Excludes 1 — Not Coded HereFrom H54

Mutually exclusive: these conditions are never reported together with this code.

  • amaurosis fugax (G45.3)
Code FirstFrom H54

Sequence the underlying condition before this code.

  • any associated underlying cause of the blindness
NotesFrom H54

Instructional notes from the ICD-10-CM tabular list.

  • For definition of visual impairment categories see table below
Excludes 2 — Not Included HereFrom Chapter H00-H59

Not part of this code; report both codes when the patient has both conditions.

  • 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)
NotesFrom Chapter H00-H59

Instructional notes from the ICD-10-CM tabular list.

  • Use an external cause code following the code for the eye condition, if applicable, to identify the cause of the eye condition

More Specific Codes (9)

H54.0Blindness, both eyes→H54.1Blindness, one eye, low vision other eye→H54.2Low vision, both eyes→H54.3Unqualified visual loss, both eyes→H54.4Blindness, one eye→H54.5Low vision, one eye→H54.6Unqualified visual loss, one eye→H54.7Unspecified visual loss→H54.8Legal blindness, as defined in USA→

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