ICD-10-CM Code H54
Blindness and low vision
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 H54 is a non-billable code. To code a diagnosis of this type, you must use one of the nine child codes of H54 that describes the diagnosis 'blindness and low vision' in more detail.
- H54 Blindness and low vision NON-BILLABLE
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- BILLABLE H54.0 Blindness, both eyes
- BILLABLE H54.2 Low vision, both eyes
- BILLABLE H54.3 Unqualified visual loss, both eyes
- BILLABLE H54.7 Unspecified visual loss
- BILLABLE H54.8 Legal blindness, as defined in USA
Coding Notes for H54 Info for medical coders on how to properly use this ICD-10 code
- Code Notes:
- For definition of visual impairment categories see table below
- codeFirst:
- Any associated underlying cause of the blindness
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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." - Amaurosis fugax - instead, use code G45.3
ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index References for 'H54 - Blindness and low vision'
The ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index links the below-listed medical terms to the ICD code H54. Click on any term below to browse the alphabetical index.