ICD-10-CM Code H53.0
Amblyopia ex anopsia
NON-BILLABLE
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ICD-10 from 2011 - 2016
Non-Billable Code
Non-Billable means the code is not sufficient justification for admission to an acute care hospital when used a principal diagnosis. Use a child code to capture more detail.ICD Code H53.0 is a non-billable code. To code a diagnosis of this type, you must use one of the four child codes of H53.0 that describes the diagnosis 'amblyopia ex anopsia' in more detail.
- H53.0 Amblyopia ex anopsia NON-BILLABLE
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The ICD code H530 is used to code Amblyopia
Amblyopia (from Greek αμβλυωπία, "blunt vision"), also called lazy eye, is a disorder of sight. It results in decreased vision in an eye that otherwise appears normal, or out of proportion to associated structural problems of the eye.
| Specialty: | Ophthalmology |
| MeSH Code: | D000550 |
| ICD 9 Code: | 368.0 |
A child wearing an adhesive eyepatch to correct amblyopia
Coding Notes for H53.0 Info for medical coders on how to properly use this ICD-10 code
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Code Type-1 Excludes:
Type-1 Excludes
Type-1 Excludes mean the conditions excluded are mutually exclusive and should never be coded together. Excludes 1 means "do not code here." - Amblyopia due to vitamin A deficiency - instead, use code E50.5
Parent Code: H53 - Visual disturbances