Blindness and low vision

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 9 more specific codes instead:

H54.0 Blindness, both eyes (also a header)
H54.1 Blindness, one eye, low vision other eye (also a header)
H54.2 Low vision, both eyes (also a header)
H54.3 Unqualified visual loss, both eyes
H54.4 Blindness, one eye (also a header)
H54.5 Low vision, one eye (also a header)
H54.6 Unqualified visual loss, one eye (also a header)
H54.7 Unspecified visual loss
H54.8 Legal blindness, as defined in USA

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 Blindness and low vision

Official coding rules

Published by CDC for FY2027. A rule attached to a category binds every code beneath it, so the rules inherited from this code's ancestors are shown with the code they come from.

This code

Excludes1 - never coded here

amaurosis fugax (G45.3)

Code first

any associated underlying cause of the blindness

Note

For definition of visual impairment categories see table below