ICD-10-CM › H00-H59 › H53-H54 › H54 Blindness and low vision › H54.0

H54.0

Blindness, both eyes

Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.

Billable FY2016 to FY2017, and a category header from FY2018.

Submit one of these 1 more specific code instead:

  • H54.0X Blindness, both eyes, different category levels (also a header)

Use instead:

  • H54.0X33 Blindness right eye category 3, blindness left eye category 3 stated for FY2017
  • H54.0X34 Blindness right eye category 3, blindness left eye category 4 stated for FY2017
  • H54.0X35 Blindness right eye category 3, blindness left eye category 5 stated for FY2017
  • H54.0X43 Blindness right eye category 4, blindness left eye category 3 stated for FY2017
  • H54.0X44 Blindness right eye category 4, blindness left eye category 4 stated for FY2017
  • H54.0X45 Blindness right eye category 4, blindness left eye category 5 stated for FY2017
  • H54.0X53 Blindness right eye category 5, blindness left eye category 3 stated for FY2017
  • H54.0X54 Blindness right eye category 5, blindness left eye category 4 stated for FY2017
  • H54.0X55 Blindness right eye category 5, blindness left eye category 5 stated for FY2017

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.

  1. FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Blindness, both eyes
  2. FY2018 Stopped being billable

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.

Inherited from H54 Blindness and low vision

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

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
H54.1 Blindness, one eye, low vision other eye Not billable
H54.2 Low vision, both eyes Not billable
H54.3 Unqualified visual loss, both eyes Valid
H54.4 Blindness, one eye Not billable
H54.5 Low vision, one eye Not billable
H54.6 Unqualified visual loss, one eye Not billable
H54.7 Unspecified visual loss Valid
H54.8 Legal blindness, as defined in USA Valid