ICD-10-CM › H00-H59 › H53-H54 › H53.42 Scotoma of blind spot area › H53.422
H53.422
Scotoma of blind spot area, left eye
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 Scotoma of blind spot area, left eye
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
- Blind > spot, enlarged
- Deformity > visual field
- Depression > visual field
- Constriction > visual field
- Vision, visual > field, limitation
- Contraction, contracture, contracted > visual field
- Defect, defective > visual field > localized > scotoma > blind spot area
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| H53.421 | Scotoma of blind spot area, right eye | Valid |
| H53.423 | Scotoma of blind spot area, bilateral | Valid |
| H53.429 | Scotoma of blind spot area, unspecified eye | Valid |