ICD-10-CM › H00-H59 › H53-H54 › H53.6 Night blindness › H53.60
H53.60
Unspecified night blindness
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 night blindness
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.
- Blind
- Amaurosis
- Nyctalopia
- Loss > sight
- Night > blindness
- Vision, visual > low
- Amblyopia > nocturnal
- Vision, visual > loss
- Low > vision > one eye > other eye blind
- Loss > vision, visual > specified as blindness
- Blindness > night
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| H53.61 | Abnormal dark adaptation curve | Valid |
| H53.62 | Acquired night blindness | Valid |
| H53.63 | Congenital night blindness | Valid |
| H53.69 | Other night blindness | Valid |