ICD-10-CM · Chapter 7 · H00-H59
H54 Blindness and low vision
Excludes 1 (cannot be coded together)
- amaurosis fugax (G45.3)
Notes
- For definition of visual impairment categories see table below
Code First
- any associated underlying cause of the blindness
Subcodes
Each subcode links to a detail page with full clinical annotations.
| Code | Description | Billable |
|---|---|---|
| H54..0 | Blindness, both eyes | No |
| H54..0X | Blindness, both eyes, different category levels | No |
| H54..0X3 | Blindness right eye, category 3 | No |
| H54..0X33 | Blindness right eye category 3, blindness left eye category 3 | Yes |
| H54..0X34 | Blindness right eye category 3, blindness left eye category 4 | Yes |
| H54..0X35 | Blindness right eye category 3, blindness left eye category 5 | Yes |
| H54..0X4 | Blindness right eye, category 4 | No |
| H54..0X43 | Blindness right eye category 4, blindness left eye category 3 | Yes |
| H54..0X44 | Blindness right eye category 4, blindness left eye category 4 | Yes |
| H54..0X45 | Blindness right eye category 4, blindness left eye category 5 | Yes |
| H54..0X5 | Blindness right eye, category 5 | No |
| H54..0X53 | Blindness right eye category 5, blindness left eye category 3 | Yes |
| H54..0X54 | Blindness right eye category 5, blindness left eye category 4 | Yes |
| H54..0X55 | Blindness right eye category 5, blindness left eye category 5 | Yes |
| H54..1 | Blindness, one eye, low vision other eye | No |
| H54..10 | Blindness, one eye, low vision other eye, unspecified eyes | Yes |
| H54..11 | Blindness, right eye, low vision left eye | No |
| H54..113 | Blindness right eye category 3, low vision left eye | No |
| H54..1131 | Blindness right eye category 3, low vision left eye category 1 | Yes |
| H54..1132 | Blindness right eye category 3, low vision left eye category 2 | Yes |
| H54..114 | Blindness right eye category 4, low vision left eye | No |
| H54..1141 | Blindness right eye category 4, low vision left eye category 1 | Yes |
| H54..1142 | Blindness right eye category 4, low vision left eye category 2 | Yes |
| H54..115 | Blindness right eye category 5, low vision left eye | No |
| H54..1151 | Blindness right eye category 5, low vision left eye category 1 | Yes |
| H54..1152 | Blindness right eye category 5, low vision left eye category 2 | Yes |
| H54..12 | Blindness, left eye, low vision right eye | No |
| H54..121 | Low vision right eye category 1, blindness left eye | No |
| H54..1213 | Low vision right eye category 1, blindness left eye category 3 | Yes |
| H54..1214 | Low vision right eye category 1, blindness left eye category 4 | Yes |
| H54..1215 | Low vision right eye category 1, blindness left eye category 5 | Yes |
| H54..122 | Low vision right eye category 2, blindness left eye | No |
| H54..1223 | Low vision right eye category 2, blindness left eye category 3 | Yes |
| H54..1224 | Low vision right eye category 2, blindness left eye category 4 | Yes |
| H54..1225 | Low vision right eye category 2, blindness left eye category 5 | Yes |
| H54..2 | Low vision, both eyes | No |
| H54..2X | Low vision, both eyes, different category levels | No |
| H54..2X1 | Low vision, right eye, category 1 | No |
| H54..2X11 | Low vision right eye category 1, low vision left eye category 1 | Yes |
| H54..2X12 | Low vision right eye category 1, low vision left eye category 2 | Yes |
| H54..2X2 | Low vision, right eye, category 2 | No |
| H54..2X21 | Low vision right eye category 2, low vision left eye category 1 | Yes |
| H54..2X22 | Low vision right eye category 2, low vision left eye category 2 | Yes |
| H54..3 | Unqualified visual loss, both eyes | Yes |
| H54..4 | Blindness, one eye | No |
| H54..40 | Blindness, one eye, unspecified eye | Yes |
| H54..41 | Blindness, right eye, normal vision left eye | No |
| H54..413 | Blindness, right eye, category 3 | No |
| H54..413A | Blindness right eye category 3, normal vision left eye | Yes |
| H54..414 | Blindness, right eye, category 4 | No |
| H54..414A | Blindness right eye category 4, normal vision left eye | Yes |
| H54..415 | Blindness, right eye, category 5 | No |
| H54..415A | Blindness right eye category 5, normal vision left eye | Yes |
| H54..42 | Blindness, left eye, normal vision right eye | No |
| H54..42A | Blindness, left eye, category 3-5 | No |
| H54..42A3 | Blindness left eye category 3, normal vision right eye | Yes |
| H54..42A4 | Blindness left eye category 4, normal vision right eye | Yes |
| H54..42A5 | Blindness left eye category 5, normal vision right eye | Yes |
| H54..5 | Low vision, one eye | No |
| H54..50 | Low vision, one eye, unspecified eye | Yes |
| H54..51 | Low vision, right eye, normal vision left eye | No |
| H54..511 | Low vision, right eye, category 1 | No |
| H54..511A | Low vision right eye category 1, normal vision left eye | Yes |
| H54..512 | Low vision, right eye, category 2 | No |
| H54..512A | Low vision right eye category 2, normal vision left eye | Yes |
| H54..52 | Low vision, left eye, normal vision right eye | No |
| H54..52A | Low vision, left eye, category 1-2 | No |
| H54..52A1 | Low vision left eye category 1, normal vision right eye | Yes |
| H54..52A2 | Low vision left eye category 2, normal vision right eye | Yes |
| H54..6 | Unqualified visual loss, one eye | No |
| H54..60 | Unqualified visual loss, one eye, unspecified | Yes |
| H54..61 | Unqualified visual loss, right eye, normal vision left eye | Yes |
| H54..62 | Unqualified visual loss, left eye, normal vision right eye | Yes |
| H54..7 | Unspecified visual loss | Yes |
| H54..8 | Legal blindness, as defined in USA | Yes |
Last reviewed: September 2026