H53 — Visual disturbances
Not billable
Is H53 billable?
No — H53 is a non-billable header code. H53 groups more specific codes and cannot be submitted on a claim. A valid ICD-10-CM code must be reported at the highest level of specificity available in its branch. Select one of the 60 billable codes beneath H53.
Billable codes under this header
- H53.2Diplopia
- H53.8Other visual disturbances
- H53.9Unspecified visual disturbance
- H53.10Unspecified subjective visual disturbances
- H53.11Day blindness
- H53.15Visual distortions of shape and size
- H53.16Psychophysical visual disturbances
- H53.19Other subjective visual disturbances
- H53.30Unspecified disorder of binocular vision
- H53.31Abnormal retinal correspondence
- H53.32Fusion with defective stereopsis
- H53.33Simultaneous visual perception without fusion
- H53.34Suppression of binocular vision
- H53.40Unspecified visual field defects
- H53.47Heteronymous bilateral field defects
- H53.50Unspecified color vision deficiencies
- H53.51Achromatopsia
- H53.52Acquired color vision deficiency
- H53.53Deuteranomaly
- H53.54Protanomaly
- H53.55Tritanomaly
- H53.59Other color vision deficiencies
- H53.60Unspecified night blindness
- H53.61Abnormal dark adaptation curve
- H53.62Acquired night blindness
- H53.63Congenital night blindness
- H53.69Other night blindness
- H53.71Glare sensitivity
- H53.72Impaired contrast sensitivity
- H53.001Unspecified amblyopia, right eye
- H53.002Unspecified amblyopia, left eye
- H53.003Unspecified amblyopia, bilateral
- H53.009Unspecified amblyopia, unspecified eye
- H53.011Deprivation amblyopia, right eye
- H53.012Deprivation amblyopia, left eye
- H53.013Deprivation amblyopia, bilateral
- H53.019Deprivation amblyopia, unspecified eye
- H53.021Refractive amblyopia, right eye
- H53.022Refractive amblyopia, left eye
- H53.023Refractive amblyopia, bilateral
- H53.029Refractive amblyopia, unspecified eye
- H53.031Strabismic amblyopia, right eye
- H53.032Strabismic amblyopia, left eye
- H53.033Strabismic amblyopia, bilateral
- H53.039Strabismic amblyopia, unspecified eye
- H53.041Amblyopia suspect, right eye
- H53.042Amblyopia suspect, left eye
- H53.043Amblyopia suspect, bilateral
- H53.049Amblyopia suspect, unspecified eye
- H53.121Transient visual loss, right eye
- H53.122Transient visual loss, left eye
- H53.123Transient visual loss, bilateral
- H53.129Transient visual loss, unspecified eye
- H53.131Sudden visual loss, right eye
- H53.132Sudden visual loss, left eye
- H53.133Sudden visual loss, bilateral
- H53.139Sudden visual loss, unspecified eye
- H53.141Visual discomfort, right eye
- H53.142Visual discomfort, left eye
- H53.143Visual discomfort, bilateral
H53 at a glance
| Code | H53 |
|---|---|
| Description | Visual disturbances |
| Billable | No — header code |
| Code set | ICD-10-CM FY2027 |
| Valid for encounters | October 1, 2026 – September 30, 2027 |
Excludes2 — not included here — inherited from Chapter 7
The conditions below are not part of H53, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, H53 and the excluded code may both be reported.
- certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
- certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
- complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
- congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
- diabetes mellitus related eye conditions (E09.3-, E10.3-, E11.3-, E13.3-)
- endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
- injury (trauma) of eye and orbit (S05.-)
- injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
- neoplasms (C00-D49)
- symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)
- syphilis related eye disorders (A50.01, A50.3-, A51.43, A52.71)
What codes fall under H53? (10)
- H53.0Amblyopia ex anopsianot billable
- H53.1Subjective visual disturbancesnot billable
- H53.2Diplopia
- H53.3Other and unspecified disorders of binocular visionnot billable
- H53.4Visual field defectsnot billable
- H53.5Color vision deficienciesnot billable
- H53.6Night blindnessnot billable
- H53.7Vision sensitivity deficienciesnot billable
- H53.8Other visual disturbances
- H53.9Unspecified visual disturbance
How long has H53 existed?
H53 has been in ICD-10-CM since at least FY2016, the earliest fiscal year on record here.
Derived from the official order files for FY2016–FY2026. FY2017 and FY2020 publish no order file, so those years are not covered.