2022 ICD-10-CM Code H54.7
Unspecified visual loss
Valid for Submission
ICD-10: | H54.7 |
Short Description: | Unspecified visual loss |
Long Description: | Unspecified visual loss |
Code Classification
H54.7 is a billable diagnosis code used to specify a medical diagnosis of unspecified visual loss. The code H54.7 is valid during the fiscal year 2022 from October 01, 2021 through September 30, 2022 for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions.
The ICD-10-CM code H54.7 might also be used to specify conditions or terms like 1/24, 1/36, 1/60 corrected visual acuity of left eye, 1/60 corrected visual acuity of right eye, 2/60 corrected visual acuity of left eye , 2/60 corrected visual acuity of right eye, etc.
The code H54.7 describes a circumstance which influences the patient's health status but not a current illness or injury. The code is unacceptable as a principal diagnosis.
Unspecified diagnosis codes like H54.7 are acceptable when clinical information is unknown or not available about a particular condition. Although a more specific code is preferable, unspecified codes should be used when such codes most accurately reflect what is known about a patient's condition. Specific diagnosis codes should not be used if not supported by the patient's medical record.
Tabular List of Diseases and Injuries
The Tabular List of Diseases and Injuries is a list of ICD-10 codes, organized "head to toe" into chapters and sections with coding notes and guidance for inclusions, exclusions, descriptions and more. The following references are applicable to the code H54.7:
Inclusion Terms
Inclusion TermsThese 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.
- Visual impairment category 9 NOS
Index to Diseases and Injuries
The Index to Diseases and Injuries is an alphabetical listing of medical terms, with each term mapped to one or more ICD-10 code(s). The following references for the code H54.7 are found in the index:
- - Decrease (d)
- - vision NEC - H54.7
- - Defect, defective - Q89.9
- - vision NEC - H54.7
- - Diminished, diminution
- - vision NEC - H54.7
- - Impaired, impairment (function)
- - vision NEC - H54.7
- - Loss (of)
- - vision, visual - H54.7
- - Poor
- - vision NEC - H54.7
- - Vision, visual
- - defect, defective NEC - H54.7
Code Edits
The Medicare Code Editor (MCE) detects and reports errors in the coding of claims data. The following ICD-10 Code 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.
Approximate Synonyms
The following clinical terms are approximate synonyms or lay terms that might be used to identify the correct diagnosis code:
- 1/24
- 1/36
- 1/60 corrected visual acuity of left eye
- 1/60 corrected visual acuity of right eye
- 2/60 corrected visual acuity of left eye
- 2/60 corrected visual acuity of right eye
- 20/120
- 20/1200
- 20/25
- 20/25
- 20/400
- 3/12
- 3/18
- 3/24
- 3/36
- 3/4
- 3/6
- 3/60 visual acuity of left eye
- 3/60 visual acuity of right eye
- 3/9
- 4/60 corrected visual acuity of left eye
- 4/60 corrected visual acuity of right eye
- 5/60 corrected visual acuity of left eye
- 5/60 corrected visual acuity of right eye
- 6/12 pinhole visual acuity of left eye
- 6/12 pinhole visual acuity of right eye
- 6/12 visual acuity of left eye
- 6/12 visual acuity of right eye
- 6/15 visual acuity of left eye
- 6/15 visual acuity of right eye
- 6/18 pinhole visual acuity of left eye
- 6/18 pinhole visual acuity of right eye
- 6/18 visual acuity of left eye
- 6/18 visual acuity of right eye
- 6/24 pinhole visual acuity of left eye
- 6/24 pinhole visual acuity of right eye
- 6/24 visual acuity of left eye
- 6/24 visual acuity of right eye
- 6/3
- 6/3 corrected visual acuity of left eye
- 6/36 pinhole visual acuity of left eye
- 6/36 pinhole visual acuity of right eye
- 6/36 visual acuity of left eye
- 6/36 visual acuity of right eye
- 6/45
- 6/48 visual acuity of left eye
- 6/48 visual acuity of right eye
- 6/60 pinhole visual acuity of left eye
- 6/60 pinhole visual acuity of right eye
- 6/60 visual acuity of left eye
- 6/60 visual acuity of right eye
- 6/7.5 visual acuity of left eye
- 6/7.5 visual acuity of right eye
- 6/9 pinhole visual acuity of left eye
- 6/9 pinhole visual acuity of right eye
- 6/9 visual acuity of left eye
- 6/9 visual acuity of right eye
- Abnormal vision
- After-cataract with vision obscured following extraction of cataract
- Amaurosis
- Amaurosis hypertrichosis syndrome
- Angiomatous nevus impairing vision
- Arts syndrome
- Bilateral moderate to severe visual impairment
- Bilateral visual impairment
- Blind left eye
- 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
- Cortical visual impairment
- Counts fingers - 1/2 meter
- Counts fingers - 1/3 meter
- Counts fingers - distance vision
- Counts fingers - distance vision
- 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
- Early-onset progressive neurodegeneration, blindness, ataxia, spasticity syndrome
- Ectodermal dysplasia with blindness syndrome
- Functional visual loss
- Growth and developmental delay, hypotonia, vision impairment, lactic acidosis syndrome
- Heide syndrome
- Impairment level of both eyes
- Impairment level of both eyes
- Impairment level of both eyes
- Impairment level of both eyes
- Impairment level of vision
- Impairment level: moderate impairment of both eyes
- 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 perceives light only
- Left eye visual acuity -corrected
- 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
- Olivopontocerebellar atrophy with blindness
- Olivopontocerebellar degeneration
- Only able to count fingers via pinhole with left eye
- Only able to count fingers via pinhole with right eye
- Only able to count fingers with left eye
- Only able to count fingers with right eye
- Only able to perceive light via pinhole with left eye
- Only able to perceive light via pinhole with right eye
- Partial sight - both eyes
- Perceives light only
- Perceives light only
- Perceives light only
- Perception of light - accurate projection
- Perception of light - inaccurate projection
- Reduced visual acuity
- Registered blind
- Registered partially sighted
- Right eye perceives light only
- 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
- Traumatic blindness
- Unexplained visual loss
- Visual acuity, no light perception
- Visual impairment
- Visual impairment co-occurrent with human immunodeficiency virus infection
- Visual loss after cataract extraction
Clinical Information
- BLINDNESS-. the inability to see or the loss or absence of perception of visual stimuli. this condition may be the result of eye diseases; optic nerve diseases; optic chiasm diseases; or brain diseases affecting the visual pathways or occipital lobe.
Diagnostic Related Groups - MS-DRG Mapping
The ICD-10 code H54.7 is grouped in the following groups for version MS-DRG V39.0 What are Diagnostic Related Groups?
The Diagnostic Related Groups (DRGs) are a patient classification scheme which provides a means of relating the type of patients a hospital treats. The DRGs divides all possible principal diagnoses into mutually exclusive principal diagnosis areas referred to as Major Diagnostic Categories (MDC). applicable from 10/01/2021 through 09/30/2022.
MS-DRG | MS-DRG Title | MCD | Relative Weight |
---|---|---|---|
124 | OTHER DISORDERS OF THE EYE WITH MCC | 02 | 1.3988 |
125 | OTHER DISORDERS OF THE EYE WITHOUT MCC | 02 | 0.8354 |
The relative weight of a diagnostic related group determines the reimbursement rate based on the severity of a patient's illness and the associated cost of care during hospitalization.
Convert H54.7 to ICD-9 Code
The General Equivalency Mapping (GEM) crosswalk indicates an approximate mapping between the ICD-10 code H54.7 its ICD-9 equivalent. The approximate mapping means there is not an exact match between the ICD-10 code and the ICD-9 code and the mapped code is not a precise representation of the original code.
Information for Patients
Vision Impairment and Blindness
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
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Code History
- FY 2021 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2020 through 9/30/2021
- FY 2020 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2019 through 9/30/2020
- FY 2019 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2018 through 9/30/2019
- FY 2018 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2017 through 9/30/2018
- FY 2017 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2016 through 9/30/2017
- FY 2016 - New Code, effective from 10/1/2015 through 9/30/2016 (First year ICD-10-CM implemented into the HIPAA code set)