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ICD-10-CM Code for Blindness, one eye, low vision other eye H54.1

ICD-10 code H54.1 for Blindness, one eye, low vision other eye is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Diseases of the eye and adnexa .

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Official Long Descriptor

Blindness, one eye, low vision other eye
Visual impairment categories 3, 4, 5 in one eye, with categories 1 or 2 in the other eye.

H54

Excludes1: amaurosis fugax (G45.3)

Code first any associated underlying cause of the blindness

 
H54.1 Blindness, one eye, low vision other eye
Child Code
Blindness, one eye, low vision other eye, unspecified eyes
Child Code
Blindness, right eye, low vision left eye
Child Code
Blindness, left eye, low vision right eye

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Coding for Legally blind in one eye
[QUOTE="warrenfamily103@gmail.com, post: 510704, member: 599309"] I am trying to code a chart and one of the diagnoses is that the patient is legally blind in his left eye, the right just states he ha... [ Read More ]
Coding for Legally blind in one eye
I am trying to code a chart and one of the diagnoses is that the patient is legally blind in his left eye, the right just states he had cataract surgery. What would be the best code to use? When I loo... [ Read More ]
Blindness Codies
[QUOTE="lilyinthesky, post: 433455, member: 502116"]How do we choose which Category to code if the eye doctor didn't specify which?[/QUOTE] ICD-10 chapter-specific guidelines (from the 2018 ICD-10-CM... [ Read More ]
Blindness Codies
[QUOTE="lilyinthesky, post: 433455, member: 502116"]How do we choose which Category to code if the eye doctor didn't specify which?[/QUOTE] Hi Lily, There are unqualified category codes in the H sec... [ Read More ]
Blindness Categories (H54.41)
Look at the bottom of H54.8. There should be instructions there. Attached.... [ Read More ]
Blindness Categories (H54.41)
Does your book not give the the 7th character options? Look at all the options in the book the choice of code when you have blindness in one is what is documented as to the status of the other eye. ... [ Read More ]
Blindness Categories (H54.41)
Help! We have a patient with a dx of H54.414. However, 2018 ICD-10 book states this requires a 7th digit but doesn't give any details as to how to qualify that. Has anyone else run into this?... [ Read More ]
DX: Tobacco use OR Cigarettes Use
Hi All, When to use Tobacco Use Z72.0? VERSUS Nicotine Dependence, Cigarettes? I have seen coders used Z72.0 for patients ' Smoking Cigarettes even for long period of time' please advise. Also for B... [ Read More ]
Vision screenings code h53.8 h54.7 screenings vision
Which code do you all use with the abnormal vision screenings Z01.01 ? We are currently using H53.8 and H54.7 . Is there a better code ???... [ Read More ]
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