ICD-10-CM Code H53.1
Subjective visual disturbances
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 H53.1 is a non-billable code. To code a diagnosis of this type, you must use one of the eight child codes of H53.1 that describes the diagnosis 'subjective visual disturbances' in more detail.
- H53.1 Subjective visual disturbances NON-BILLABLE
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- BILLABLE H53.10 Unspecified subjective visual disturbances
- BILLABLE H53.11 Day blindness
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- H53.131 Sudden visual loss, right eye BILLABLE
- H53.132 Sudden visual loss, left eye BILLABLE
- H53.133 Sudden visual loss, bilateral BILLABLE
- H53.139 Sudden visual loss, unspecified eye BILLABLE
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- H53.141 Visual discomfort, right eye BILLABLE
- H53.142 Visual discomfort, left eye BILLABLE
- H53.143 Visual discomfort, bilateral BILLABLE
- H53.149 Visual discomfort, unspecified BILLABLE
- BILLABLE H53.15 Visual distortions of shape and size
- BILLABLE H53.16 Psychophysical visual disturbances
- BILLABLE H53.19 Other subjective visual disturbances
The ICD code H531 is used to code Photophobia
Photophobia is a symptom of abnormal intolerance to visual perception of light. As a medical symptom, photophobia is not a morbid fear or phobia, but an experience of discomfort or pain to the eyes due to light exposure or by presence of actual physical sensitivity of the eyes, though the term is sometimes additionally applied to abnormal or irrational fear of light such as heliophobia. The term photophobia comes from the Greek φῶς (phōs), meaning "light", and φόβος (phobos), meaning "fear".
| Specialty: | Neurology |
| MeSH Codes: | D020795, D001248, D012607, D012607, D012607 |
| ICD 9 Codes: | 368.13, 368.13, 368.41, 368.42, 368.12 |
Coding Notes for H53.1 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." - Subjective visual disturbances due to vitamin A deficiency - instead, use code E50.5
- Visual hallucinations - instead, use code R44.1
Related Concepts SNOMET-CT
- Photophobia (finding)
ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index References for 'H53.1 - Subjective visual disturbances'
The ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index links the below-listed medical terms to the ICD code H53.1. Click on any term below to browse the alphabetical index.
Parent Code: H53 - Visual disturbances