ICD-10-CM › H00-H59 › H53-H54 › H53.4 Visual field defects › H53.40
H53.40
Unspecified visual field defects
ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.
What has happened to this code
Every change the publisher made, from 2007 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.
- FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Unspecified visual field defects
How CDC's index refers to this code
Wording from the official alphabetic index. Much of it appears nowhere in the code description, which is why a search for the everyday phrase so often finds nothing.
- Deformity > visual field
- Depression > visual field
- Constriction > visual field
- Vision, visual > field, limitation
- Contraction, contracture, contracted > visual field
- Defect, defective > visual field
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| H53.41 | Scotoma involving central area | Not billable |
| H53.42 | Scotoma of blind spot area | Not billable |
| H53.43 | Sector or arcuate defects | Not billable |
| H53.45 | Other localized visual field defect | Not billable |
| H53.46 | Homonymous bilateral field defects | Not billable |
| H53.47 | Heteronymous bilateral field defects | Valid |
| H53.48 | Generalized contraction of visual field | Not billable |