Blindness, one eye

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 3 more specific codes instead:

H54.40 Blindness, one eye, unspecified eye
H54.41 Blindness, right eye, normal vision left eye (also a header)
H54.42 Blindness, left eye, normal vision right eye (also a header)

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, one eye

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

Code	Description	Status
H54.0	Blindness, both eyes	Not billable
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
H54.5	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