H54
ICD-10Non-billable categoryBlindness and low vision
Official ICD-10-CM descriptor (FY2026)
Blindness and low vision
H54 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.
Excludes1
Not coded here. An Excludes1 code should never be reported at the same time as the code above it.
- amaurosis fugax (G45.3)
Code first
Sequence the underlying condition before this code.
- any associated underlying cause of the blindness
Notes
- For definition of visual impairment categories see table below
More specific codes under H54
- H54.0Blindness, both eyescategory
- H54.1Blindness, one eye, low vision other eyecategory
- H54.2Low vision, both eyescategory
- H54.3Unqualified visual loss, both eyes
- H54.4Blindness, one eyecategory
- H54.5Low vision, one eyecategory
- H54.6Unqualified visual loss, one eyecategory
- H54.7Unspecified visual loss
- H54.8Legal blindness, as defined in USA
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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.