369 Blindness and low vision (369.00-369.9) ICD-9-CM
The 369.00-369.9 block classified 369 blindness and low vision with 45 legacy diagnosis codes. None remain valid for claim submission; each code below links to its reference page with the official ICD-10-CM replacement under the CMS General Equivalence Mappings.
Retired Code Set
ICD-9-CM stopped being valid for U.S. claims with dates of service on or after October 1, 2015, when ICD-10-CM replaced it. Use this index for historical lookups and crosswalking; for current coding, start from the ICD-10-CM codes list or the ICD-9 / ICD-10 converter.
Legacy Codes in the 369.00-369.9 Block 45 codes
None of these codes remain valid for claim submission. Each code page shows its ICD-10-CM replacement under the CMS General Equivalence Mappings.
- 369.00 Both eyes blind-who def
- 369.01 Tot impairment-both eyes
- 369.02 One eye-near tot/oth-NOS
- 369.03 One eye-near tot/oth-tot
- 369.04 Near-tot impair-both eye
- 369.05 One eye-profound/oth-NOS
- 369.06 One eye-profound/oth-tot
- 369.07 One eye-prfnd/oth-nr tot
- 369.08 Profound impair both eye
- 369.10 Blindness/low vision
- 369.11 1 eye-sev/oth-blind NOS
- 369.12 One eye-severe/oth-total
- 369.13 One eye-sev/oth-near tot
- 369.14 One eye-sev/oth-prfnd
- 369.15 One eye-mod/oth-blind
- 369.16 One eye-moderate/oth-tot
- 369.17 One eye-mod/oth-near tot
- 369.18 One eye-mod/oth-profound
- 369.20 Low vision, 2 eyes NOS
- 369.21 One eye-severe/oth-NOS
- 369.22 Severe impair-both eyes
- 369.23 One eye-moderate/oth-NOS
- 369.24 One eye-moderate/oth-sev
- 369.25 Moderate impair-both eye
- 369.3 Blindness NOS, both eyes
- 369.4 Legal blindness-usa def
- 369.60 Blindness, one eye
- 369.61 One eye-total/oth-unknwn
- 369.62 One eye-tot/oth-near nor
- 369.63 One eye-total/oth-normal
- 369.64 One eye-near tot/oth-NOS
- 369.65 Near-tot imp/near-normal
- 369.66 Near-total impair/normal
- 369.67 One eye-prfound/oth-unkn
- 369.68 Profnd impair/near norm
- 369.69 Profound impair/normal
- 369.70 Low vision, one eye
- 369.71 One eye-severe/oth-unknw
- 369.72 One eye-sev/oth-nr norm
- 369.73 One eye-severe/oth-norm
- 369.74 One eye-mod/other-unknwn
- 369.75 One eye-mod/oth-nr norm
- 369.76 One eye-mod/oth normal
- 369.8 Visual loss, one eye NOS
- 369.9 Visual loss NOS
Questions About This Page
Are the 369.00-369.9 codes still billable?
No. Every code in this block became invalid for U.S. claims after September 30, 2015. Each code page linked above shows the ICD-10-CM replacement CMS assigned in the General Equivalence Mappings, and the ICD-9 / ICD-10 converter translates any of them directly.
What did the 369.00-369.9 block classify?
The block classified 369 blindness and low vision with 45 codes in the final ICD-9-CM release. It sat under Diseases of the sense organs (360–389) in the legacy hierarchy.
Related References
Source: final CMS ICD-9-CM release (version date October 1, 2014). Retired from U.S. claims after September 30, 2015.
