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ICD-10-CM Code H53.40
Unspecified visual field defects

BILLABLE
Billable Code
Billable codes are sufficient justification for admission to an acute care hospital when used a principal diagnosis.
| ICD-10 from 2011 - 2016

H53.40 is a billable ICD code used to specify a diagnosis of unspecified visual field defects. A 'billable code' is detailed enough to be used to specify a medical diagnosis.


The ICD code H534 is used to code Bitemporal hemianopsia

Bitemporal hemianopsia (aka bitemporal heteronymous hemianopsia or bitemporal hemianopia) is the medical description of a type of partial blindness where vision is missing in the outer half of both the right and left visual field. It is usually associated with lesions of the optic chiasm, the area where the optic nerves from the right and left eyes cross near the pituitary gland.

Specialty: Ophthalmology
MeSH Codes: , D012607, D012607, D012607, D006423
ICD 9 Codes: 368.47, 368.41, 368.42, 368.12,
Source: Wikipedia

MS-DRG Mapping

  • DRG Group #123 - Neurological eye disorders.

Related Concepts SNOMET-CT

  • Peripheral visual field defect (finding)

ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index References for 'H53.40 - Unspecified visual field defects'

The ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index links the below-listed medical terms to the ICD code H53.40. Click on any term below to browse the alphabetical index.

Equivalent ICD-9 Code GENERAL EQUIVALENCE MAPPINGS (GEM)

Visual field defect, unspecified (exact match)

This is the official exact match mapping between ICD9 and ICD10, as provided by the General Equivalency mapping crosswalk. This means that in all cases where the ICD9 code 368.40 was previously used, H53.40 is the appropriate modern ICD10 code.


Parent Code: H53.4 - Visual field defects

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Source: http://icd.codes/icd10cm/H5340