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H53

Visual disturbances

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 10 more specific codes instead:

  • H53.0 Amblyopia ex anopsia (also a header)
  • H53.1 Subjective visual disturbances (also a header)
  • H53.2 Diplopia
  • H53.3 Other and unspecified disorders of binocular vision (also a header)
  • H53.4 Visual field defects (also a header)
  • H53.5 Color vision deficiencies (also a header)
  • H53.6 Night blindness (also a header)
  • H53.7 Vision sensitivity deficiencies (also a header)
  • H53.8 Other visual disturbances
  • H53.9 Unspecified visual disturbance

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 Visual disturbances