Low vision, left eye, category 1-2

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, FY2018 onwards. It has never been valid for submission on its own.

Submit one of these 2 more specific codes instead:

H54.52A1 Low vision left eye category 1, normal vision right eye
H54.52A2 Low vision left eye category 2, normal vision right eye

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2018 to now.

FY2018 Added to the code set Low vision, left eye, category 1-2

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