ICD-10 Diagnosis Code H54.7

Code Edits
The following edits are applicable to this code:
Unacceptable principal diagnosis - There are selected codes that describe a circumstance which influences an individual’s health status but not a current illness or injury, or codes that are not specific manifestations but may be due to an underlying cause. These codes are considered unacceptable as a principal diagnosis.

Diagnostic Related Groups
The diagnosis code H54.7 is grouped in the following Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG V35.0)

• 124 - OTHER DISORDERS OF THE EYE WITH MCC
• 125 - OTHER DISORDERS OF THE EYE WITHOUT MCC

Convert to ICD-9

• 369.9 - Visual loss NOS (Approximate Flag)
• V41.0 - Problems with sight (Approximate Flag)

Synonyms

• 1/24
• 1/36
• 20/120
• 20/1200
• 20/400
• 3/12
• 3/18
• 3/24
• 3/36
• 3/4
• 3/6
• 3/9
• 6/45
• Abnormal vision
• Acquired blindness
• After-cataract with vision obscured
• Amaurosis
• Amaurosis hypertrichosis syndrome
• Angiomatous nevus impairing vision
• Angiomatous nevus with complication
• Arts syndrome
• Better eye: low vision, Lesser eye: profound visual impairment
• Better eye: moderate visual impairment, Lesser eye: moderate visual impairment
• Better eye: moderate visual impairment, Lesser eye: profound visual impairment
• Better eye: moderate visual impairment, Lesser eye: severe visual impairment
• Better eye: near total visual impairment, Lesser eye: near total visual impairment
• Better eye: profound visual impairment, Lesser eye: profound visual impairment
• Better eye: severe visual impairment, Lesser eye: profound visual impairment
• Better eye: severe visual impairment, Lesser eye: severe visual impairment
• Bilateral moderate to severe visual impairment
• Bilateral visual impairment
• Blind right eye
• Blindness - both eyes
• Blindness AND/OR vision impairment level
• Blindness, scoliosis, arachnodactyly syndrome
• Central visual impairment
• Combined visual and hearing impairment
• Congenital blindness
• Congenital hypertrichosis
• Cortical visual impairment
• Counts fingers - 1/2 meter
• Counts fingers - 1/3 meter
• Counts fingers - distance vision
• Counts fingers - distance vision
• Deaf blind hypopigmentation syndrome Yemenite type
• Dependence on seeing eye dog
• Difficulty seeing small print
• Dim vision
• Distance vision 20/100
• Distance vision 20/200
• Distance vision 20/30
• Distance vision 20/40
• Distance vision 20/400
• Distance vision 20/50
• Distance vision 20/60
• Distance vision 20/70
• Distance vision 20/80
• Distance vision 6/12
• Distance vision 6/120
• Distance vision 6/18
• Distance vision 6/24
• Distance vision 6/30
• Distance vision 6/60
• Distance vision 6/9
• Drug related visual impairment
• Ectodermal dysplasia with blindness syndrome
• Functional visual loss
• Heide syndrome
• Impairment level of vision
• Impairment level: better eye: profound impairment: lesser eye: near-total impairment
• Impairment level: better eye: severe impairment: lesser eye: near-total impairment
• Impairment level: low vision of both eyes
• Impairment level: moderate impairment of both eyes
• Impairment level: one eye: near-total impairment: other eye: near-normal vision
• Impairment level: one eye: profound impairment: other eye: not specified
• Impairment level: one eye: severe impairment: other eye: near-normal vision
• Impairment level: severe impairment of both eyes
• Impairment level: total impairment of both eyes
• J10
• J11
• J12
• J13
• J14
• J3
• J4
• J5
• J6
• J7
• J8
• J9
• Jaeger type 15
• Left eye visual acuity -corrected
• Lesser eye: near total visual impairment, Better eye: near normal vision
• Lesser eye: profound visual impairment, Better eye: near normal vision
• Lesser eye: total visual impairment, Better eye: near normal vision
• Low vision associated with AIDS
• Low vision, both eyes
• Medication non-compliance due to visual impairment
• Mild visual impairment
• Moderate visual impairment
• Multiple disability visual impairment
• N10
• N12
• N14
• N18
• N24
• N36
• N48
• N8
• O/E - R-eye completely blind
• O/E -R-eye counts fingers only
• Olivopontocerebellar atrophy with blindness
• Olivopontocerebellar degeneration
• Partial sight - both eyes
• Perceives light only
• Perception of light - accurate projection
• Perception of light - inaccurate projection
• Profound impairment, one eye
• Profound impairment, one eye
• Profound impairment, one eye
• Reduced visual acuity
• Registered blind
• Registered partially sighted
• Right eye visual acuity -corrected
• Secondary cataract of bilateral eyes with vision obscured
• Severe visual impairment
• Sight deteriorating
• Spontaneous eye movements associated with visual loss
• Strawberry nevus of skin
• Traumatic blindness
• Unexplained visual loss
• Visual acuity, no light perception
• Visual impairment
• Visual impairment
• Visual impairment co-occurrent with human immunodeficiency virus infection
• Visual loss after cataract extraction

Index of Diseases and Injuries
References found for the code H54.7 in the Index of Diseases and Injuries:

• Inclusion Terms:
  • Visual impairment category 9 NOS

Vision Impairment and Blindness

Also called: Low vision

If you have low vision, eyeglasses, contact lenses, medicine, or surgery may not help. Activities like reading, shopping, cooking, writing, and watching TV may be hard to do. The leading causes of low vision and blindness in the United States are age-related eye diseases: macular degeneration, cataract and glaucoma. Other eye disorders, eye injuries, and birth defects can also cause vision loss.

Whatever the cause, lost vision cannot be restored. It can, however, be managed. A loss of vision means that you may have to reorganize your life and learn new ways of doing things. If you have some vision, visual aids such as special glasses and large print books can make life easier. There are also devices to help those with no vision, like text-reading software and braille books.

The sooner vision loss or eye disease is found and treated, the greater your chances of keeping your remaining vision. You should have regular comprehensive eye exams by an eye care professional.

NIH: National Eye Institute

• Blindness and vision loss (Medical Encyclopedia)
• Home vision tests (Medical Encyclopedia)
• Living with vision loss (Medical Encyclopedia)
• Vision - night blindness (Medical Encyclopedia)
• Vision problems (Medical Encyclopedia)

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General Equivalence Map Definitions
The ICD-10 and ICD-9 GEMs are used to facilitate linking between the diagnosis codes in ICD-9-CM and the new ICD-10-CM code set. The GEMs are the raw material from which providers, health information vendors and payers can derive specific applied mappings to meet their needs.

• Approximate Flag - The approximate flag is on, indicating that the relationship between the code in the source system and the code in the target system is an approximate equivalent.
• No Map Flag - The no map flag indicates that a code in the source system is not linked to any code in the target system.
• Combination Flag - The combination flag indicates that more than one code in the target system is required to satisfy the full equivalent meaning of a code in the source system.

Index of Diseases and Injuries Definitions

• And - The word "and" should be interpreted to mean either "and" or "or" when it appears in a title.
• Code also note - A "code also" note instructs that two codes may be required to fully describe a condition, but this note does not provide sequencing direction.
• Code first - Certain conditions have both an underlying etiology and multiple body system manifestations due to the underlying etiology. For such conditions, the ICD-10-CM has a coding convention that requires the underlying condition be sequenced first followed by the manifestation. Wherever such a combination exists, there is a "use additional code" note at the etiology code, and a "code first" note at the manifestation code. These instructional notes indicate the proper sequencing order of the codes, etiology followed by manifestation.
• Type 1 Excludes Notes - A type 1 Excludes note is a pure excludes note. It means "NOT CODED HERE!" An Excludes1 note indicates that the code excluded should never be used at the same time as the code above the Excludes1 note. An Excludes1 is used when two conditions cannot occur together, such as a congenital form versus an acquired form of the same condition.
• Type 2 Excludes Notes - A type 2 Excludes note represents "Not included here". An excludes2 note indicates that the condition excluded is not part of the condition represented by the code, but a patient may have both conditions at the same time. When an Excludes2 note appears under a code, it is acceptable to use both the code and the excluded code together, when appropriate.
• Includes Notes - This note appears immediately under a three character code title to further define, or give examples of, the content of the category.
• Inclusion terms - List of terms is included under some codes. These terms are the conditions for which that code is to be used. The terms may be synonyms of the code title, or, in the case of "other specified" codes, the terms are a list of the various conditions assigned to that code. The inclusion terms are not necessarily exhaustive. Additional terms found only in the Alphabetic Index may also be assigned to a code.
• NEC "Not elsewhere classifiable" - This abbreviation in the Alphabetic Index represents "other specified". When a specific code is not available for a condition, the Alphabetic Index directs the coder to the "other specified” code in the Tabular List.
• NOS "Not otherwise specified" - This abbreviation is the equivalent of unspecified.
• See - The "see" instruction following a main term in the Alphabetic Index indicates that another term should be referenced. It is necessary to go to the main term referenced with the "see" note to locate the correct code.
• See Also - A "see also" instruction following a main term in the Alphabetic Index instructs that there is another main term that may also be referenced that may provide additional Alphabetic Index entries that may be useful. It is not necessary to follow the "see also" note when the original main term provides the necessary code.
• 7th Characters - Certain ICD-10-CM categories have applicable 7th characters. The applicable 7th character is required for all codes within the category, or as the notes in the Tabular List instruct. The 7th character must always be the 7th character in the data field. If a code that requires a 7th character is not 6 characters, a placeholder X must be used to fill in the empty characters.
• With - The word "with" should be interpreted to mean "associated with" or "due to" when it appears in a code title, the Alphabetic Index, or an instructional note in the Tabular List. The word "with" in the Alphabetic Index is sequenced immediately following the main term, not in alphabetical order.

Present on Admission
The Present on Admission (POA) indicator is used for diagnosis codes included in claims involving inpatient admissions to general acute care hospitals. POA indicators must be reported to CMS on each claim to facilitate the grouping of diagnoses codes into the proper Diagnostic Related Groups (DRG). CMS publishes a listing of specific diagnosis codes that are exempt from the POA reporting requirement.