ICD-10-CM › H00-H59 › H53-H54 › H53 Visual disturbances › H53.1
H53.1
Subjective 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.
Submit one of these 8 more specific codes instead:
- H53.10 Unspecified subjective visual disturbances
- H53.11 Day blindness
- H53.12 Transient visual loss (also a header)
- H53.13 Sudden visual loss (also a header)
- H53.14 Visual discomfort (also a header)
- H53.15 Visual distortions of shape and size
- H53.16 Psychophysical visual disturbances
- H53.19 Other subjective visual disturbances
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.
- FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Subjective visual disturbances
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| H53.0 | Amblyopia ex anopsia | Not billable |
| H53.2 | Diplopia | Valid |
| H53.3 | Other and unspecified disorders of binocular vision | Not billable |
| H53.4 | Visual field defects | Not billable |
| H53.5 | Color vision deficiencies | Not billable |
| H53.6 | Night blindness | Not billable |
| H53.7 | Vision sensitivity deficiencies | Not billable |
| H53.8 | Other visual disturbances | Valid |
| H53.9 | Unspecified visual disturbance | Valid |