H53.41 Scotoma involving central area

Non-billable header with 4 child codes.

Applicable to

• Central scotoma

Codes under H53.41

• H53.411 Scotoma involving central area, right eye
• H53.412 Scotoma involving central area, left eye
• H53.413 Scotoma involving central area, bilateral
• H53.419 Scotoma involving central area, unspecified eye

Code annotations containing back-references to H53.41

Back-references to H53.4

• Use Additional: S04.0 Injury of optic nerve and pathways ("code to identify any visual field defect or blindness (H53.4-, H54.-)")

Diagnosis Index entries for H53.41

• Defect, defective › visual field › localized › scotoma (central area)

Nearby codes

• H53.32 Fusion with defective stereopsis
• H53.33 Simultaneous visual perception without fusion
• H53.34 Suppression of binocular vision
• H53.4 Visual field defects
• H53.40 Unspecified visual field defects
• H53.41 Scotoma involving central area (this code)
• H53.411 Scotoma involving central area, right eye
• H53.412 Scotoma involving central area, left eye
• H53.413 Scotoma involving central area, bilateral
• H53.419 Scotoma involving central area, unspecified eye
• H53.42 Scotoma of blind spot area