H53.6
Non-billableNight blindness
Night blindness
This is a header/category code. For billing purposes, use a more specific child code from the list below.
Coding Notes
Excludes 1
Codes that cannot be used together with this code (mutual exclusion)
- night blindness due to vitamin A deficiency (E50.5)
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 (5)
Also Known As / Clinical Terms
UMLS
- Blindness nightC0028077
- Blindness, NightC0028077
- Difficulty seeing at nightC0028077
- Loss of night visionC0028077
- NYCTALOPIAC0028077
- Night BlindnessC0028077
- Night blindnessC0028077
- Night blindness (disorder)C0028077
- Night blindness, unspecifiedC0028077
- Night-blindnessC0028077
- NyctalopiaC0028077
- Poor night visionC0028077
- Unspecified night blindnessC0028077
- Vision loss nightC0028077
- blindness nightC0028077
- difficulty seeing at nightC0028077
- loss night visionC0028077
- night blindnessC0028077
- night vision lossC0028077
- nyctalopiaC0028077
Frequently Asked Questions
What is ICD-10 code H53.6?
ICD-10-CM code H53.6 represents "Night blindness". It is a non-billable header code — use a more specific child code for billing purposes.
Is H53.6 a billable code?
No, H53.6 is a non-billable header code. You need to use one of its more specific child codes for billing. There are 5 child codes under H53.6.
What chapter is H53.6 in?
H53.6 is in Chapter 7: Diseases of the Eye and Adnexa (codes H00-H59).
What codes cannot be used with H53.6?
H53.6 has Excludes1 notes indicating codes that cannot be used together with it, including: night blindness due to vitamin A deficiency (E50.5).
What are the subcategories under H53.6?
H53.6 has 5 child codes, including: H53.60 (Unspecified night blindness), H53.61 (Abnormal dark adaptation curve), H53.62 (Acquired night blindness), H53.63 (Congenital night blindness), and 1 more.
What are the UMLS CUIs for H53.6?
H53.6 is linked to 1 UMLS Concept Unique Identifier: C0028077. The UMLS (Unified Medical Language System) integrates multiple biomedical vocabularies maintained by the U.S. National Library of Medicine.
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