H54.40 Blindness, one eye, unspecified eye

Billable ICD-10-CM code, FY2026.

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

Applies from H54.4 Blindness, one eye

Applicable to

• Visual impairment categories 3, 4, 5 in one eye [normal vision in other eye]

MS-DRG index

Defines the logic of DRG(s) 124-125 in MDC 02.

Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)

• 369.02 Better eye: near-total vision impairment; lesser eye: not further specified (approximate)
• 369.05 Better eye: profound vision impairment; lesser eye: not further specified (approximate)
• 369.60 Profound impairment, one eye, impairment level not further specified (approximate)
• 369.61 One eye: total vision impairment; other eye: not specified (approximate)
• 369.64 One eye: near-total vision impairment; other eye: vision not specified (approximate)
• 369.66 One eye: near-total vision impairment; other eye: normal vision (approximate)

Code annotations containing back-references to H54.40

Back-references to H54.4

• 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.-)")

Diagnosis Index entries for H54.40

• Blindness (acquired) (congenital) (both eyes) › one eye (other eye normal)

Nearby codes

• H54.2X2 Low vision, right eye, category 2
• H54.2X21 Low vision right eye category 2, low vision left eye category 1
• H54.2X22 Low vision right eye category 2, low vision left eye category 2
• H54.3 Unqualified visual loss, both eyes
• H54.4 Blindness, one eye
• H54.40 Blindness, one eye, unspecified eye (this code)
• H54.41 Blindness, right eye, normal vision left eye
• H54.413 Blindness, right eye, category 3
• H54.413A Blindness right eye category 3, normal vision left eye
• H54.414 Blindness, right eye, category 4
• H54.414A Blindness right eye category 4, normal vision left eye