H54.7

Applicable To

• Visual impairment category 9 NOS

Approximate Synonyms

• Abnormal vision

• Cortical visual impairment

• Functional visual loss

• History of vision problem

• Personal condition of sight problem

• Visual impairment

Clinical Information

• Limitation in visual functions.

• Reduced ability to perceive visual stimuli.

• Vision considered to be inferior to normal vision as represented by accepted standards of acuity, field of vision, or motility. Low vision generally refers to visual disorders that are caused by diseases that cannot be corrected by refraction e.g., macular degeneration; retinitis pigmentosa; diabetic retinopathy, etc.).

• Visual loss: objective loss of visual acuity during a finite period attributable to an underlying disease.

Details

• H54.7 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.

• The 2023 edition of ICD-10-CM H54.7 became effective on October 1, 2022.

• This is the American ICD-10-CM version of H54.7 – other international versions of ICD-10 H54.7 may differ.