H53.0 — Amblyopia ex anopsia

Not billable

Is H53.0 billable?

No — H53.0 is a non-billable header code. H53.0 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 20 billable codes beneath H53.0.

Billable codes under this header

H53.0 at a glance

Code	H53.0
Description	Amblyopia ex anopsia
Billable	No — header code
Code set	ICD-10-CM FY2027
Valid for encounters	October 1, 2026 – September 30, 2027

Excludes1 — never code together

The conditions below can never be reported together with H53.0 on the same claim. An Excludes1 note means the two conditions cannot occur in the same patient, so reporting both is a coding error.

amblyopia due to vitamin A deficiency (E50.5)

Excludes2 — not included here — inherited from Chapter 7

The conditions below are not part of H53.0, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, H53.0 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 H53.0? (5)

How long has H53.0 existed?

H53.0 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.

Which codes are confused with H53.0?

ICD-10-CM declares these codes mutually exclusive with H53.0 — exactly one of each pair can be correct for a given encounter.

vs E50.5Vitamin A deficiency with night blindness