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H53

Non-billable

Visual disturbances

Visual disturbances

This is a header/category code. For billing purposes, use a more specific child code from the list below.

Status

Non-billable / Header

Block

H53-H54

Child Codes

10

Coding Notes

Excludes 2

Conditions not included here, but the patient may have both

  • certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
  • certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
  • complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
  • congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
  • diabetes mellitus related eye conditions (E09.3-, E10.3-, E11.3-, E13.3-)
  • 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)
  • syphilis related eye disorders (A50.01, A50.3-, A51.43, A52.71)

Child Codes (10)

H53.0

Amblyopia ex anopsia

H53.1

Subjective visual disturbances

H53.2

Diplopia

BillableH53.3

Other and unspecified disorders of binocular vision

H53.4

Visual field defects

H53.5

Color vision deficiencies

H53.6

Night blindness

H53.7

Vision sensitivity deficiencies

H53.8

Other visual disturbances

BillableH53.9

Unspecified visual disturbance

Billable

Also Known As / Clinical Terms

UMLS

Frequently Asked Questions

What is ICD-10 code H53?

ICD-10-CM code H53 represents "Visual disturbances". It is a non-billable header code — use a more specific child code for billing purposes.

Is H53 a billable code?

No, H53 is a non-billable header code. You need to use one of its more specific child codes for billing. There are 10 child codes under H53.

What chapter is H53 in?

H53 is in Chapter 7: Diseases of the Eye and Adnexa (codes H00-H59).

What are the subcategories under H53?

H53 has 10 child codes, including: H53.0 (Amblyopia ex anopsia), H53.1 (Subjective visual disturbances), H53.2 (Diplopia), H53.3 (Other and unspecified disorders of binocular vision), and 6 more.

What are the UMLS CUIs for H53?

H53 is linked to 1 UMLS Concept Unique Identifier: C0547030. The UMLS (Unified Medical Language System) integrates multiple biomedical vocabularies maintained by the U.S. National Library of Medicine.

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Includes SNOMED Clinical Terms® (SNOMED CT®) used by permission of SNOMED International. Includes content from the UMLS Metathesaurus, courtesy of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.