H53 Visual disturbances
ICD-10-CM category H53 sits in Chapter 7 (Diseases of the eye and adnexa, H00-H59). It contains 84 billable codes for FY2027, effective October 1, 2026 to September 30, 2027. Always code to the most specific code available: a code with more characters that describes the diagnosis more precisely takes priority over a shorter one.
Subcategories
H53.0 Amblyopia ex anopsiaH53.00 Unspecified amblyopiaH53.01 Deprivation amblyopiaH53.02 Refractive amblyopiaH53.03 Strabismic amblyopiaH53.04 Amblyopia suspectH53.1 Subjective visual disturbancesH53.12 Transient visual lossH53.13 Sudden visual lossH53.14 Visual discomfortH53.3 Other and unspecified disorders of binocular visionH53.4 Visual field defectsH53.41 Scotoma involving central areaH53.42 Scotoma of blind spot areaH53.43 Sector or arcuate defectsH53.45 Other localized visual field defectH53.46 Homonymous bilateral field defectsH53.48 Generalized contraction of visual fieldH53.5 Color vision deficienciesH53.6 Night blindnessH53.7 Vision sensitivity deficiencies
Billable codes in H53
| Code | Description |
|---|---|
H53.001 | Unspecified amblyopia, right eye |
H53.002 | Unspecified amblyopia, left eye |
H53.003 | Unspecified amblyopia, bilateral |
H53.009 | Unspecified amblyopia, unspecified eye |
H53.011 | Deprivation amblyopia, right eye |
H53.012 | Deprivation amblyopia, left eye |
H53.013 | Deprivation amblyopia, bilateral |
H53.019 | Deprivation amblyopia, unspecified eye |
H53.021 | Refractive amblyopia, right eye |
H53.022 | Refractive amblyopia, left eye |
H53.023 | Refractive amblyopia, bilateral |
H53.029 | Refractive amblyopia, unspecified eye |
H53.031 | Strabismic amblyopia, right eye |
H53.032 | Strabismic amblyopia, left eye |
H53.033 | Strabismic amblyopia, bilateral |
H53.039 | Strabismic amblyopia, unspecified eye |
H53.041 | Amblyopia suspect, right eye |
H53.042 | Amblyopia suspect, left eye |
H53.043 | Amblyopia suspect, bilateral |
H53.049 | Amblyopia suspect, unspecified eye |
H53.10 | Unspecified subjective visual disturbances |
H53.11 | Day blindness |
H53.121 | Transient visual loss, right eye |
H53.122 | Transient visual loss, left eye |
H53.123 | Transient visual loss, bilateral |
H53.129 | Transient visual loss, unspecified eye |
H53.131 | Sudden visual loss, right eye |
H53.132 | Sudden visual loss, left eye |
H53.133 | Sudden visual loss, bilateral |
H53.139 | Sudden visual loss, unspecified eye |
H53.141 | Visual discomfort, right eye |
H53.142 | Visual discomfort, left eye |
H53.143 | Visual discomfort, bilateral |
H53.149 | Visual discomfort, unspecified |
H53.15 | Visual distortions of shape and size |
H53.16 | Psychophysical visual disturbances |
H53.19 | Other subjective visual disturbances |
H53.2 | Diplopia |
H53.30 | Unspecified disorder of binocular vision |
H53.31 | Abnormal retinal correspondence |
H53.32 | Fusion with defective stereopsis |
H53.33 | Simultaneous visual perception without fusion |
H53.34 | Suppression of binocular vision |
H53.40 | Unspecified visual field defects |
H53.411 | Scotoma involving central area, right eye |
H53.412 | Scotoma involving central area, left eye |
H53.413 | Scotoma involving central area, bilateral |
H53.419 | Scotoma involving central area, unspecified eye |
H53.421 | Scotoma of blind spot area, right eye |
H53.422 | Scotoma of blind spot area, left eye |
H53.423 | Scotoma of blind spot area, bilateral |
H53.429 | Scotoma of blind spot area, unspecified eye |
H53.431 | Sector or arcuate defects, right eye |
H53.432 | Sector or arcuate defects, left eye |
H53.433 | Sector or arcuate defects, bilateral |
H53.439 | Sector or arcuate defects, unspecified eye |
H53.451 | Other localized visual field defect, right eye |
H53.452 | Other localized visual field defect, left eye |
H53.453 | Other localized visual field defect, bilateral |
H53.459 | Other localized visual field defect, unspecified eye |
H53.461 | Homonymous bilateral field defects, right side |
H53.462 | Homonymous bilateral field defects, left side |
H53.469 | Homonymous bilateral field defects, unspecified side |
H53.47 | Heteronymous bilateral field defects |
H53.481 | Generalized contraction of visual field, right eye |
H53.482 | Generalized contraction of visual field, left eye |
H53.483 | Generalized contraction of visual field, bilateral |
H53.489 | Generalized contraction of visual field, unspecified eye |
H53.50 | Unspecified color vision deficiencies |
H53.51 | Achromatopsia |
H53.52 | Acquired color vision deficiency |
H53.53 | Deuteranomaly |
H53.54 | Protanomaly |
H53.55 | Tritanomaly |
H53.59 | Other color vision deficiencies |
H53.60 | Unspecified night blindness |
H53.61 | Abnormal dark adaptation curve |
H53.62 | Acquired night blindness |
H53.63 | Congenital night blindness |
H53.69 | Other night blindness |
H53.71 | Glare sensitivity |
H53.72 | Impaired contrast sensitivity |
H53.8 | Other visual disturbances |
H53.9 | Unspecified visual disturbance |
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