H54.6 Unqualified visual loss, one eye

Non-billable header with 3 child codes.

Applicable to

• Visual impairment category 9 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 H54.6

• H54.60 Unqualified visual loss, one eye, unspecified
• H54.61 Unqualified visual loss, right eye, normal vision left eye
• H54.62 Unqualified visual loss, left eye, normal vision right eye

Code annotations containing back-references to H54.6

Back-references to H54.6

• 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

• H54.512A Low vision right eye category 2, normal vision left eye
• H54.52 Low vision, left eye, normal vision right eye
• H54.52A Low vision, left eye, category 1-2
• H54.52A1 Low vision left eye category 1, normal vision right eye
• H54.52A2 Low vision left eye category 2, normal vision right eye
• H54.6 Unqualified visual loss, one eye (this code)
• H54.60 Unqualified visual loss, one eye, unspecified
• H54.61 Unqualified visual loss, right eye, normal vision left eye
• H54.62 Unqualified visual loss, left eye, normal vision right eye
• H54.7 Unspecified visual loss
• H54.8 Legal blindness, as defined in USA