H54.0

Applicable To

• Visual impairment categories 3, 4, 5 in both eyes.

Approximate Synonyms

• Blind hypertensive eye

• Blindness – both eyes

• Blindness due to type 1 diabetes mellitus

• Blindness due to type 2 diabetes mellitus

• Diabetes mellitus type 1 w complications

• Diabetes mellitus type 2 w/ complications

• Hypertensive blind eye

• Impaired vision

• Impaired vision, both eyes

• Impairment level: better eye: near-total impairment: lesser eye: total impairment

• Impairment level: better eye: profound impairment: lesser eye: near-total impairment

• Impairment level: better eye: profound impairment: lesser eye: total impairment

• Impairment level: near-total impairment of both eyes

• Profound impaired vision one eye, other eye near total

• Profound impaired vision one eye, other eye total

Details

• H54.0 should not be used for reimbursement purposes as there are multiple codes below it that contain a greater level of detail.

• The 2023 edition of ICD-10-CM H54.0 became effective on October 1, 2022.

• This is the American ICD-10-CM version of H54.0 – other international versions of ICD-10 H54.0 may differ.