Scotoma involving central area

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 4 more specific codes instead:

H53.411 Scotoma involving central area, right eye
H53.412 Scotoma involving central area, left eye
H53.413 Scotoma involving central area, bilateral
H53.419 Scotoma involving central area, unspecified eye

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 Scotoma involving central area

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.

Scotoma
Deformity > visual field
Depression > visual field
Constriction > visual field
Vision, visual > field, limitation
Contraction, contracture, contracted > visual field
Defect, defective > visual field > localized > scotoma

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
H53.40	Unspecified visual field defects	Valid
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