H54.0Non-billable
Blindness, both eyes
Chapter 7: Diseases of the eye and adnexa
Inclusion Terms
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Inclusion Terms
- •Visual impairment categories 3, 4, 5 in both eyes.
Coding Guidance
H54.0 should not be used for reimbursement purposes as there are more specific codes below it that contain a greater level of detail. See Related Codes to drill down to more specific billable codes for appropriate reimbursement.
Referenced in Diagnoses
Conditions that use this ICD-10 code in their documentation
View documentation for blindness
blindness
View TemplatesBlindness
View documentation for decreased vision
decreased vision
View TemplatesDecreased Visual Acuity
View documentation for impaired vision
impaired vision
View TemplatesVisual Impairment
View documentation for low vision
low vision
View TemplatesLow Vision
View documentation for poor vision
poor vision
View TemplatesVisual Impairment
View documentation for vision change
vision change
View TemplatesVision Change
View documentation for vision impairment
vision impairment
View TemplatesVision Impairment
View documentation for visual impairment
visual impairment
View TemplatesVisual Impairment
Additional Information from Parent Codes
The following information may apply to this code from its parent codes in the ICD-10 hierarchy. This information is important for proper coding and classification.
Parent Codes Referenced:
Excludes2
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Excludes2
From H00-H59:
- •certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
- •certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
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- •congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
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- •endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
- •injury (trauma) of eye and orbit (S05.-)
- •injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
- •neoplasms (C00-D49)
- •symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)
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Code First
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Code First
From H54:
- •any associated underlying cause of the blindness
Notes
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Notes
From H00-H59:
- •Use an external cause code following the code for the eye condition, if applicable, to identify the cause of the eye condition
From H54:
- •For definition of visual impairment categories see table below