H53.4 — Visual field defects
Not billable
Is H53.4 billable?
No — H53.4 is a non-billable header code. H53.4 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 25 billable codes beneath H53.4.
Billable codes under this header
- H53.40Unspecified visual field defects
- H53.47Heteronymous bilateral field defects
- H53.411Scotoma involving central area, right eye
- H53.412Scotoma involving central area, left eye
- H53.413Scotoma involving central area, bilateral
- H53.419Scotoma involving central area, unspecified eye
- H53.421Scotoma of blind spot area, right eye
- H53.422Scotoma of blind spot area, left eye
- H53.423Scotoma of blind spot area, bilateral
- H53.429Scotoma of blind spot area, unspecified eye
- H53.431Sector or arcuate defects, right eye
- H53.432Sector or arcuate defects, left eye
- H53.433Sector or arcuate defects, bilateral
- H53.439Sector or arcuate defects, unspecified eye
- H53.451Other localized visual field defect, right eye
- H53.452Other localized visual field defect, left eye
- H53.453Other localized visual field defect, bilateral
- H53.459Other localized visual field defect, unspecified eye
- H53.461Homonymous bilateral field defects, right side
- H53.462Homonymous bilateral field defects, left side
- H53.469Homonymous bilateral field defects, unspecified side
- H53.481Generalized contraction of visual field, right eye
- H53.482Generalized contraction of visual field, left eye
- H53.483Generalized contraction of visual field, bilateral
- H53.489Generalized contraction of visual field, unspecified eye
H53.4 at a glance
| Code | H53.4 |
|---|---|
| Description | Visual field defects |
| 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 H53.4, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, H53.4 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 H53.4? (8)
- H53.40Unspecified visual field defects
- H53.41Scotoma involving central areanot billable
- H53.42Scotoma of blind spot areanot billable
- H53.43Sector or arcuate defectsnot billable
- H53.45Other localized visual field defectnot billable
- H53.46Homonymous bilateral field defectsnot billable
- H53.47Heteronymous bilateral field defects
- H53.48Generalized contraction of visual fieldnot billable
How long has H53.4 existed?
H53.4 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.
What other codes are in the H53 family? (9)
- H53.0Amblyopia ex anopsianot billable
- H53.1Subjective visual disturbancesnot billable
- H53.2Diplopia
- H53.3Other and unspecified disorders of binocular visionnot billable
- H53.5Color vision deficienciesnot billable
- H53.6Night blindnessnot billable
- H53.7Vision sensitivity deficienciesnot billable
- H53.8Other visual disturbances
- H53.9Unspecified visual disturbance