H54.1 Blindness, one eye, low vision other eye

Non-billable header with 3 child codes.

Applicable to

• Visual impairment categories 3, 4, 5 in one eye, with categories 1 or 2 in the other eye.

Applies from H54 Blindness and low vision

Excludes1 (never code together)

• amaurosis fugax (G45.3)

Code first

• any associated underlying cause of the blindness

Notes

• For definition of visual impairment categories see table below

Codes under H54.1

• H54.10 Blindness, one eye, low vision other eye, unspecified eyes
• H54.11 Blindness, right eye, low vision left eye
• H54.12 Blindness, left eye, low vision right eye

Code annotations containing back-references to H54.1

Back-references to H54.1

• Type 1 Excludes: H54.8 Legal blindness, as defined in USA ("legal blindness with specification of impairment level (H54.0-H54.7)")

Back-references to H54

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

Nearby codes

• H54.0X45 Blindness right eye category 4, blindness left eye category 5
• H54.0X5 Blindness right eye, category 5
• H54.0X53 Blindness right eye category 5, blindness left eye category 3
• H54.0X54 Blindness right eye category 5, blindness left eye category 4
• H54.0X55 Blindness right eye category 5, blindness left eye category 5
• H54.1 Blindness, one eye, low vision other eye (this code)
• H54.10 Blindness, one eye, low vision other eye, unspecified eyes
• H54.11 Blindness, right eye, low vision left eye
• H54.113 Blindness right eye category 3, low vision left eye
• H54.1131 Blindness right eye category 3, low vision left eye category 1
• H54.1132 Blindness right eye category 3, low vision left eye category 2