H54.7 Unspecified visual loss

Billable ICD-10-CM code, FY2026.

Applicable to

• Visual impairment category 9 NOS

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

MS-DRG index

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

Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)

• 369.9 Unspecified visual loss (approximate)
• V41.0 Problems with sight (approximate)

Medicare Code Edits (MCE v43.1 (April 2026))

• Unacceptable principal diagnosis: These codes describe a circumstance which influences care but is not a current illness or injury, or capture only an underlying condition, and are unacceptable as principal diagnosis.

Code annotations containing back-references to H54.7

Back-references to H54.7

• 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 H54.7

• Decrease (d) › vision NEC
• Defect, defective › vision NEC
• Diminished, diminution › vision NEC
• Impaired, impairment (function) › vision NEC
• Loss (of) › vision, visual
• Poor › vision NEC
• Problem (with) (related to) › sight
• Vision, visual › defect, defective NEC

Nearby codes

• H54.52A2 Low vision left eye category 2, normal vision right eye
• H54.6 Unqualified visual loss, one eye
• 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 (this code)
• H54.8 Legal blindness, as defined in USA