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ICD-10-CM Code for Unqualified visual loss, one eye, unspecified H54.60

ICD-10 code H54.60 for Unqualified visual loss, one eye, unspecified is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Diseases of the eye and adnexa .

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Unqualified visual loss, one eye, unspecified

H54

Excludes1: amaurosis fugax (G45.3)

Code first any associated underlying cause of the blindness

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[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
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Blindness Categories (H54.41)
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Blindness Categories (H54.41)
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Blindness Categories (H54.41)
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