H53.5
ICD-10Non-billable categoryColor vision deficiencies
Official ICD-10-CM descriptor (FY2026)
Color vision deficiencies
H53.5 is a category heading, not a billable code. CMS does not accept it on a claim; report one of the more specific codes beneath it.
Inclusion terms
- Color blindness
Excludes2
Not included here. The condition is not part of this code, but a patient may have both, and both codes may be reported together.
- day blindness (H53.11)
ICD-10-CM FY2026 defines 7 codes beneath H53.5. See the ICD-10-CM index for what this site publishes.
Related codes in H53
- H53.0Amblyopia ex anopsiacategory
- H53.1Subjective visual disturbancescategory
- H53.2Diplopia
- H53.3Other and unspecified disorders of binocular visioncategory
- H53.4Visual field defectscategory
- H53.6Night blindnesscategory
- H53.7Vision sensitivity deficienciescategory
- H53.8Other visual disturbances
- H53.9Unspecified visual disturbance
Where this code sits
- Parent code
- H53
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ICD-10-CM FY2026. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) / National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), “2026 ICD-10-CM Code Descriptions in Tabular Order” (icd10cm_order_2026.txt). Download the original file from cms.gov. Public domain (US Government work). Descriptors, billable flags and instructional notes on this page are reproduced from that file without modification. Krasyn adds no clinical guidance.