ICD-10-CM › H00-H59 › H46-H47 › H47.6 Disorders of visual cortex › H47.61

H47.61

Cortical blindness

Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.

A category header for its whole life, FY2016 onwards. It has never been valid for submission on its own.

Submit one of these 3 more specific codes instead:

  • H47.611 Cortical blindness, right side of brain
  • H47.612 Cortical blindness, left side of brain
  • H47.619 Cortical blindness, unspecified side of brain

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2012 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.

  1. FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Cortical blindness

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
H47.62 Disorders of visual cortex in (due to) inflammatory disorders Not billable
H47.63 Disorders of visual cortex in (due to) neoplasm Not billable
H47.64 Disorders of visual cortex in (due to) vascular disorders Not billable