H53.43 Sector or arcuate defects

Non-billable header with 4 child codes.

Applicable to

• Arcuate scotoma
• Bjerrum scotoma

Codes under H53.43

• H53.431 Sector or arcuate defects, right eye
• H53.432 Sector or arcuate defects, left eye
• H53.433 Sector or arcuate defects, bilateral
• H53.439 Sector or arcuate defects, unspecified eye

Code annotations containing back-references to H53.43

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 H53.43

• Defect, defective › visual field › localized › arcuate
• Defect, defective › visual field › localized › sector

Nearby codes

• H53.42 Scotoma of blind spot area
• H53.421 Scotoma of blind spot area, right eye
• H53.422 Scotoma of blind spot area, left eye
• H53.423 Scotoma of blind spot area, bilateral
• H53.429 Scotoma of blind spot area, unspecified eye
• H53.43 Sector or arcuate defects (this code)
• H53.431 Sector or arcuate defects, right eye
• H53.432 Sector or arcuate defects, left eye
• H53.433 Sector or arcuate defects, bilateral
• H53.439 Sector or arcuate defects, unspecified eye
• H53.45 Other localized visual field defect