ICD-10-CM Book 2025 Edition
Chapters ICD-10-CM Book Table of Content /
H53-H54 Visual disturbances and blindness /
H54 Blindness and low vision
Billable ICD-10-CM Code H54.8
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H54.8
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Legal blindness, as defined in USA  |
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Blindness NOS according to USA definition
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| legal blindness with specification of impairment level (H54.0-H54.7) |
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notes
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| The table below gives a classification of severity of visual impairment recommended by a WHO Study Group on the Prevention of Blindness, Geneva, 6-10 November 1972. |
| The term 'low vision' in category H54 comprises categories 1 and 2 of the table, the term 'blindness' categories 3, 4 and 5, and the term 'unqualified visual loss' category 9. |
| If the extent of the visual field is taken into account, patients with a field no greater than 10 but greater than 5 around central fixation should be placed in category 3 and patients with a field no greater than 5 around central fixation should be placed in category 4, even if the central acuity is not impaired. |
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