H54
Blindness and low vision
- Release
- FY 2027
- Effective
Official Coding Notes
Reproduced verbatim from the FY 2027 ICD-10-CM files.
Excludes1
amaurosis fugax ( G45.3 )
Code First
any associated underlying cause of the blindness
Note
For definition of visual impairment categories see table below
More Specific Codes
9 codes under H54
- H54.0 Blindness, both eyes Has subcodes
- H54.1 Blindness, one eye, low vision other eye Has subcodes
- H54.2 Low vision, both eyes Has subcodes
- H54.3 Unqualified visual loss, both eyes Billable
- H54.4 Blindness, one eye Has subcodes
- H54.5 Low vision, one eye Has subcodes
- H54.6 Unqualified visual loss, one eye Has subcodes
- H54.7 Unspecified visual loss Billable
- H54.8 Legal blindness, as defined in USA Billable
Version History
How H54 appears in each release imported from the official files, newest first.
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FY 2027 Effective
CurrentBlindness and low vision
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FY 2026 Effective
UnchangedBlindness and low vision
Related Codes
Codes whose official notes reference H54
Data Source
Code information on this page is derived from the FY 2027 ICD-10-CM files published by CDC NCHS and CMS.
- Release
- FY 2027
- Effective
- Source file
- icd10cm-code-descriptions-2027.zip
Official ICD-10-CM source files (opens in a new tab)
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