Section
H54
Blindness and low vision
Hierarchy
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H00-H59 Diseases of the eye and adnexa (H00-H59)
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H53-H54 Visual disturbances and blindness (H53-H54)
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H54 Blindness and low vision
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H54.0 Blindness, both eyes
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H54.1 Blindness, one eye, low vision other eye
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H54.2 Low vision, both eyes
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H54.3 Unqualified visual loss, both eyes
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H54.4 Blindness, one eye
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H54.5 Low vision, one eye
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H54.6 Unqualified visual loss, one eye
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H54.7 Unspecified visual loss
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H54.8 Legal blindness, as defined in USA
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Notes
H54
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For definition of visual impairment categories see table below
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Use an external cause code following the code for the eye condition, if applicable, to identify the cause of the eye condition
Code First
H54
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any associated underlying cause of the blindness
Excludes 1
H54
- G45.3 Amaurosis fugax
Excludes 2
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certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
- A00-B99 Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
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complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
- O00-O9A Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
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congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
- Q00-Q99 Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
- diabetes mellitus related eye conditions (E09.3-, E10.3-, E11.3-, E13.3-)
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endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
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injury (trauma) of eye and orbit (S05.-)
- S05 Injury of eye and orbit
- S00-T88 Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
- C00-D49 Neoplasms (C00-D49)
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symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)
- syphilis related eye disorders (A50.01, A50.3-, A51.43, A52.71)