H54.5 Low vision, one eye

Non-billable header with 3 child codes.

Applicable to

• Visual impairment categories 1 or 2 in one eye [normal vision in 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 H54.5

• H54.50 Low vision, one eye, unspecified eye
• H54.51 Low vision, right eye, normal vision left eye
• H54.52 Low vision, left eye, normal vision right eye

Code annotations containing back-references to H54.5

Back-references to H54.5

• 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

• H54.42 Blindness, left eye, normal vision right eye
• H54.42A Blindness, left eye, category 3-5
• H54.42A3 Blindness left eye category 3, normal vision right eye
• H54.42A4 Blindness left eye category 4, normal vision right eye
• H54.42A5 Blindness left eye category 5, normal vision right eye
• H54.5 Low vision, one eye (this code)
• H54.50 Low vision, one eye, unspecified eye
• H54.51 Low vision, right eye, normal vision left eye
• H54.511 Low vision, right eye, category 1
• H54.511A Low vision right eye category 1, normal vision left eye
• H54.512 Low vision, right eye, category 2