101 visual disturbances

Code

Description

H53.142

Visual discomfort, left eye

icd10cm

H53.143

Visual discomfort, bilateral

icd10cm

H53.141H53.149

Visual discomfort, unspecified

icd10cm

H53.131

Sudden visual loss, right eye

icd10cm

H53.10

Unspecified subjective visual disturbances

icd10cm

H53.123

Transient visual loss, bilateral

icd10cm

H53.132

Sudden visual loss, left eye

icd10cm

H53.133

Sudden visual loss, bilateral

icd10cm

H53.14

Visual discomfort

icd10cm

H53.149Visual discomfort, unspecifiedicd10cmH53.142Visual discomfort, left eyeicd10cmH53.143Visual discomfort, bilateralicd10cmH53.131Sudden visual loss, right eyeicd10cmCopyH53.10Unspecified subjective visual disturbancesicd10cmH53.123Transient visual loss, bilateralicd10cmH53.132Sudden visual loss, left eyeicd10cmH53.133Sudden visual loss, bilateralicd10cmH53.14Visual discomforticd10cmH53.141Visual discomfort, right eyeicd10cmH53.141

Visual discomfort, right eye

icd10cm

Diagnosis Index entries containing back-references to H53.15:

• Distortion(s) (congenital)
  • visual - see also Disturbance, vision
    • shape and size H53.15
• Disturbance(s) - see also Disease
  • vision, visual H53.9
    • subjective H53.10
      • distortions of shape and size H53.15
• Macropsia H53.15
• Megalopsia H53.15
• Metamorphopsia H53.15
• Micropsia H53.15

The following code(s) above H53.15 contain annotation back-references

 that may be applicable to H53.15:

• H00-H59 
   Diseases of the eye and adnexa
• H53.1 
   Subjective visual disturbances

Approximate Synonyms

• Bilateral metamorphopsia
• Bilateral metamorphopsia (eye condition)
• Left metamorphopsia
• Left metamorphopsia (eye condition)
• Metamorphopsia
• Metamorphopsia (eye condition)
• Right metamorphopsia
• Right metamorphopsia (eye condition)

ICD-10-CM H53.15 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v35.0):

• 124 Other disorders of the eye with mcc
• 125 Other disorders of the eye without mccH53.141
• 
  
• 
  
• H53.149
• Visual discomfort, unspecified
• icd10cm
• H53.142
• Visual discomfort, left eye
• icd10cm
• H53.143
• Visual discomfort, bilateral
• icd10cm
• H53.131
• Sudden visual loss, right eye
• icd10cm
• H53.10
• Unspecified subjective visual disturbances
• icd10cm
• H53.123
• Transient visual loss, bilateral
• icd10cm
• H53.132
• Sudden visual loss, left eye
• icd10cm
• H53.133
• Sudden visual loss, bilateral
• icd10cm
• H53.14
• Visual discomfort
• icd10cm
• H53.141
• Visual discomfort, right eye
• icd10cm
• 
  
• H53.149
• Visual discomfort, unspecified
• icd10cm
• Copy
• H53.142
• Visual discomfort, left eye
• icd10cm
• H53.143
• Visual discomfort, bilateral
• icd10cm
• H53.131
• Sudden visual loss, right eye
• icd10cm
• H53.10
• Unspecified subjective visual disturbances
• icd10cm
• H53.123
• Transient visual loss, bilateral
• icd10cm
• H53.132
• Sudden visual loss, left eye
• icd10cm
• H53.133
• Sudden visual loss, bilateral
• icd10cm
• H53.14
• Visual discomfort
• icd10cm
• H53.141
• Visual discomfort, right eye
• icd10cm

Systemic Conditions

Refractive Disorders

Diagnosis ICD-9 Code ICD-10 Code

AIDS/HIV 42 B20

Diabetes, Type 1 (no manifestations) 250.01 E10.9

Diabetes, Type 1 (with manifestations) 250.51 E10.3

Diabetes, Type 2 (no manifestations) 250.00 E11.9

Diabetes, Type 2 (with manifestations) 250.50 E11.3

Giant cell arteritis (other) 446.5 M31.6

Giant cell arteritis (with polymyalgia rheumatica) M31.5

Hyperlipidemia 272.4 E78.5

Hypertension 401.9 I10

Lupus 710.0 M32.10

Metastasis to eye (any cancer, any part of eye) 198.4 C79.49

Mycobacteria infection 31.9 A31.9

Rheumatoid arthritis 714.0 M06.9

Sarcoidosis 135 D86.9

Sleep apnea 780.57 G47.30

Syphilis 97.9 A53.9

Thyroid (Thyroid Eye Disease) 246.9 E07.9

Tuberculosis (primary) 10.00 A15.7

Wegener’s granulomatosis 446.4 M31.30

Diagnosis ICD-9

Code

ICD-10 Code

Right Eye Left Eye Bilateral

Aniseikonia 367.32 H52.32

Anisometropia 367.31 H52.31

Astigmatism, irregular 367.22 H52.211 H52.212 H52.213

Astigmatism, regular 367.21 H52.221 H52.222 H52.223

Hyperopia 367.0 H52.01 H52.02 H52.03

Myopia 367.1 H52.11 H52.12 H52.13

Myopic degeneration (progressive high myopia) 360.21 H44.21 H44.22 H44.23

Presbyopia 367.4 H52.4

Transient refractive change 367.81 H52.6

General Eye-Related Codes

Diagnosis ICD-9

Code

ICD-10 Code

Right Eye Left Eye Bilateral

Color deficiency: Achromatopsia H53.51

Color deficiency: Acquired color vision deficiency H53.52

Color deficiency: Deuteranomaly H53.53

Color deficiency: Protanomaly H53.54

Color deficiency: Tritanomaly H53.55

Day blindness (hemeralopia) H53.11

Diplopia 368.2 H53.2

Glare sensitivity H53.71

Impaired contrast sensitivity H53.72

Night blindness (nyctalopia): Abnormal dark adaptation curve H53.61

Night blindness (nyctalopia): Acquired night blindness H53.52

Night blindness (nyctalopia): Congenital night blindness H53.63

Night blindness (nyctalopia): Other night blindness H53.69

Other ill-defined disorders of eye 379.99 H57.8

Other visual distortions and entoptic phenomena 368.15 H53.19

Pain in or around eye 379.91 H57.11 H57.12 H57.13

Psychophysical visual disturbances (agnosia, prosopagnosia,

hallucinations, Balint syndrome, Riddoch phenomenon) 368.16 H53.16

Redness or discharge of eye 379.93 H57.8

Subjective visual disturbances (unspecified) 368.10 H53.10

Sudden visual loss 368.11 H53.131 H53.132 H53.133

Swelling or mass of eye 379.92 H57.8

Transient visual loss (includes scintillating scotoma) 368.12 H53.121 H53.122 H53.123

Visual discomfort (asthenopia) 368.13 H53.141 H53.142 H53.143

Visual distortions of shape and size (metamorphopsia,

macropsia, micropsia) 368.14 H53.15

Visual disturbance, other 368.9 H53.19

Neurologic Conditions

Diagnosis ICD-9 Code ICD-10 Code

Amaurosis fugax G45.3

Brain tumor 239.6 D49.6

Cerebral artery aneurysm (nonruptured) I67.1

Cerebral artery dissection (nonruptured) I67.0

Cerebral venous thrombosis (nonpyogenic) I67.6

Chiari malformation, type 1 348.4 G93.5

Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuritis G61.81

Craniopharyngioma D35.3

Dizziness 780.4 R42

Guillain-Barre syndrome (acute inflammatory demyelinating polyneuritis) G61.0

Guillain-Barre syndrome (sequelae - cranial nerve palsy, intracranial HTN) G65.0

Hypertensive encephalopathy I67.4

Moyamoya disease I67.5

Multiple sclerosis 340 G35

Myasthenia gravis without exacerbation 358.00 G70.00

Myasthenia gravis with (acute) exacerbation 358.01 G70.01

Neuromyelitis optica 341.0 G36.0

Pituitary, benign neoplasm 227.3 D35.2

Pituitary, malignant neoplasm 194.3 C75.1

Pituitary, neoplasm of uncertain behavior 237.0 D44.3

Post-concussive syndrome 310.2 F07.81

Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome I67.83

Progressive vascular leukoencephalopathy I67.3

Pseudotumor cerebri (IIH) 348.2 G93.2

Stroke (acute, ill-defined cerebrovascular disease) 436 I67.81

Stroke (chronic) I67.82

Transient ischemic attack (TIA) 435.9 G45.8

Vertebrobasilar artery syndrome 435.3 G45.0

Headache and Facial Pain

Diagnosis ICD-9 Code ICD-10 Code

Headache 784.0 R51

Acute migraine, w/aura (isolated) 346.00 G43.109

Acute migraine, w/aura (intractable) 346.01 G43.119

Acute migraine, w/aura (isolated, status migrainosus) 346.02 G43.101

Acute migraine, w/aura (intractable, status migrainosus) 346.03 G43.111

Acute migraine, NO aura (isolated) 346.10 G43.009

Acute migraine, NO aura (intractable) 346.11 G43.019

Acute migraine, NO aura (isolated, status migrainosus) 346.12 G43.001

Acute migraine, NO aura (intractable, status migrainosus) 346.13 G43.011

Chronic migraine, NO aura (intermittent) G43.709

Chronic migraine, NO aura (intermittent, status migrainosus) G43.701

Chronic migraine, NO aura (intractable) G43.719

Chronic migraine, NO aura (intractable, status migrainosus) G43.711

Persistent migraine aura, no stroke, isolated 346.50 G43.509

Persistent migraine aura, no stroke, intractable 346.51 G43.519

Persistent migraine aura, no stroke, isolated headache, status migrainosus 346.52 G43.501

Persistent migraine aura, no stroke, intractable headache, status migrainosus 346.53 G43.511

Persistent migraine aura, with stroke, isolated headache 346.60 G43.609

Persistent migraine aura, with stroke, intractable headache 346.61 G43.619

Persistent migraine aura, with stroke, isolated headache, status migrainosus 346.62 G43.601

Persistent migraine aura, with stroke, intractable headache, status migrainosus 346.63 G43.611

Ophthalmoplegic migraine, isolated headache 346.20

Ophthalmoplegic migraine, intractable headache 346.21

Periodic headache syndrome in child or adult, not intractable G43.C0

Periodic headache syndrome in child or adult, intractable G43.C1

Post-herpetic trigeminal neuralgia B02.22

Trigeminal neuralgia 350.1 G50.0

Atypical facial pain 350.2 G50.1

Optic Neuropathies

Diagnosis ICD-9

Code

ICD-10 Code

Right Eye Left Eye Bilateral

Foster-Kennedy syndrome 377.04 H47.141 H47.142 H47.143

Hereditary optic neuropathy/atrophy (LHON & DOA) 377.16 H47.22

Ischemic optic neuropathy (NAION & AAION) 377.41 H47.011 H47.012 H47.013

Leptomeningeal carcinomatosis 198.4 C79.32

Neuroretinitis 363.05 H30.011 H30.012 H30.013

Nutritional optic neuropathy 377.33 H46.2

Optic atrophy, primary 377.11 H47.211 H47.212 H47.213

Optic atrophy, post-inflammatory 377.12 H47.291 H47.292 H47.293

Optic atrophy, associated with retinal dystrophies 377.13 H47.291 H47.292 H47.293

Optic atrophy, associated with glaucomatous cupping 377.14 H47.231 H47.232 H47.233

Optic atrophy, partial 377.15 H47.291 H47.292 H47.293

Optic nerve coloboma 377.23 H47.311 H47.312 H47.313

Optic neuropathy, NOS 377.49 H47.391 H47.392 H47.393

Optic nerve drusen 377.21 H47.321 H47.322 H47.323

Optic nerve hypoplasia 377.43 H47.031 H47.032 H47.033

Optic nerve sheath hematoma 377.42 H47.021 H47.022 H47.023

Optic neuritis (acute retrobulbar) 377.32 H46.11 H46.12 H46.13

Optic neuritis (meningococcal) 36.81 A39.82

Optic neuritis (other) 377.39 H46.8

Optic neuritis (syphilitic) 94.85 A52.15

Optic papillitis H46.01 H46.02 H46.03

Optic pit 377.22 H47.391 H47.392 H47.393

Papilledema, NOS 377.00 H47.10

Papilledema, associated with increased intracranial pressure 377.01 H47.11

Papilledema, associated with hypotony 377.02 H47.12

Papilledema, associated with retinal disorder 377.03 H47.13

Pseudopapilledema 377.24 H47.331 H47.332 H47.333

Toxic optic neuropathy 377.34 H46.3

Other disorders of optic nerve and visual pathways 377.9 H47.091 H47.092 H47.093

Pupil Abnormalities

Accommodative Disorders

Amblyopia

Chiasmal Disease

Diagnosis ICD-9

Code

ICD-10 Code

Right Eye Left Eye Bilateral

Adie’s tonic pupil 379.46 H57.51 H57.52 H57.053

Anisocoria 379.41 H57.02

Horner’s syndrome G90.2

Light-near dissociation (non-syphilitic) 379.45 H57.01

Light-near dissociation (syphilitic) 94.89 A52.19

Miosis (persistent), not due to miotics 379.42 H57.03

Mydriasis (persistent), not due to mydriatics 379.43 H57.04

Other anomalies of pupillary function 379.49 H57.09

Pupillary abnormalities (anatomical/mechanical) 364.75 H21.561 H21.562 H21.563

Diagnosis ICD-9

Code

ICD-10 Code

Right Eye Left Eye Bilateral

Accommodative paresis 367.51 H52.521 H52.522 H52.523

Accommodative spasm 367.53 H52.531 H52.532 H52.533

Total / complete internal ophthalmoplegia 367.52 H52.511 H52.512 H52.513

Diagnosis ICD-9

Code

ICD-10 Code

Right Eye Left Eye Bilateral

Amblyopia, deprivation 368.02 H53.011 H53.012 H53.013

Amblyopia, refractive 368.03 H53.021 H53.022 H53.023

Amblyopia, strabismic 368.01 H53.031 H53.032 H53.033

Diagnosis ICD-9 Code ICD-10 Code

Chiasmal disease, associated with pituitary neoplasm 377.51 H47.42

Chiasmal disease, associated with other neoplasm (glioma, meningioma) 377.52 H47.42

Chiasmal disease, associated with vascular disorders (aneurysm) 377.53 H47.43

Chiasmal disease, associated with inflammatory disorders 377.54 H47.41

Eye Movement Disorders

Eyelid Disorders

Facial Disorders

Diagnosis ICD-9 Code ICD-10 Code

Deficiencies of saccadic eye movements 379.57 H55.81

Deficiencies of smooth pursuit movements 379.58 H55.89

Nystagmus, associated with disorders of vestibular system 379.54 H55.09

Nystagmus, congenital 379.51 H55.01

Nystagmus, dissociated 379.55 H55.04

Nystagmus, latent 379.52 H55.02

Nystagmus, visual deprivation 379.53 H55.03

Nystagmus, other forms (includes superior oblique myokymia) 379.56 H55.09

Other irregular eye movements 379.59 H55.89

Diagnosis ICD-9

Code

ICD-10 Code

RUL RLL LUL LLL

Abnormal innervation syndrome of eyelid 374.43 H02.511 H02.512 H02.514 H02.515

Lagophthalmos, cicatricial 374.23 H02.211 H02.212 H02.214 H02.215

Lagophthalmos, mechanical 374.22 H02.221 H02.222 H02.224 H02.225

Lagophthalmos, paralytic 374.21 H02.231 H02.232 H02.234 H02.235

Lid retraction or lag 374.41 H02.531 H02.532 H02.534 H02.535

Ptosis, mechanical 374.33 H02.411 H02.412 H02.414 H02.415

Ptosis, myogenic 374.32 H02.421 H02.422 H02.424 H02.425

Ptosis, paralytic 374.31 H02.431 H02.432 H02.434 H02.435

Diagnosis ICD-9 Code ICD-10 Code

Bell’s palsy (CN7 palsy) 351.0 G51.0

Blepharospasm 333.81 G24.5

Facial myokymia 351.8 G51.4

Hemifacial spasm 351.8 G51.3

Herpes zoster ophthalmicus B02.39

Melkersson-Rosenthal syndrome 351.8 G51.2

Ramsay-Hunt syndrome 351.8 B02.21

Orbital Disease

Other Visual Pathway Disorders

Diagnosis ICD-9

Code

ICD-10 Code

Right Left Bilateral

Capillary or cavernous hemangioma (orbit) D18.09

Enophthalmos, due to atrophy of orbital tissue H05.411 H05.412 H05.413

Enophthalmos, due to trauma or surgery H05.412 H05.422 H05.423

Thyrotoxic exophthalmos (descriptor) 376.21 H05.89

Exophthalmic ophthalmoplegia (Graves) 376.22 H05.89

Exophthalmos, constant 376.31 H05.241 H05.242 H05.243

Exophthalmos, intermittent 376.34 H05.251 H05.252 H05.253

Exophthalmos, pulsating 376.35 H05.261 H05.262 H05.263

Lateral displacement of globe 376.36 H05.211 H05.212 H05.213

Orbital cellulitis 376.01 H05.011 H05.012 H05.013

Orbital edema or congestion 376.33 H05.221 H05.222 H05.223

Orbital granuloma (orbital inflammatory pseudotumor) 376.11 H05.111 H05.112 H05.113

Orbital hemorrhage 376.32 H05.231 H05.232 H05.233

Orbital mass/neoplasm, benign D31.61 D31.62

Orbital mass/neoplasm, malignant C69.61 C69.62

Orbital myositis 376.12 H05.121 H05.122 H05.123

Orbital tendonitis 376.04 H05.041 H05.042 H05.043

Diagnosis ICD-9

Code

ICD-10 Code

Right Left Bilateral

Other visual disorders, assoc. w/neoplasms 377.61 H47.521 H47.522

Other visual disorders, assoc. w/vascular disease 377.62 H47.531 H47.532

Other visual disorders, assoc. w/inflammatory disease 377.63 H47.511 H47.512

Visual Cortex Disorders

Visual Sensory System

Visual Field Loss

Vertical Deviations

Diagnosis ICD-9

Code

ICD-10 Code

Right Left Bilateral

Visual cortex disorders, associated with neoplasms 377.71 H47.631 H47.632

Visual cortex disorders, associated with vascular disease 377.72 H47.641 H47.642

Visual cortex disorders, assoc. with inflammatory disease 377.73 H47.621 H47.622

Cortical blindness 377.75 H47.611 H47.612

Diagnosis ICD-9 Code ICD-10 Code

Abnormal retinal correspondence 368.34 H53.31

Fusion with defective stereopsis 368.33 H53.32

Simultaneous visual perception without fusion 368.32 H53.33

Suppression of binocular vision 368.31 H53.34

Diagnosis ICD-9

Code

ICD-10 Code

Right Left Bilateral

Generalized VF contraction/constriction 368.45 H53.481 H53.482 H53.483

Heteronymous bilateral VF defect (e.g., bitemporal) 368.47 H53.47

Homonymous bilateral VF defects 368.46 H53.461 H53.462

Other localized VF defect (including ring scotoma) 368.44 H53.451 H53.452 H53.453

Scotoma, blind spot enlargement/cecocentral defect 368.42 H53.421 H53.422 H53.423

Scotoma, central 368.41 H53.411 H53.412 H53.413

Sector or arcuate VF defects 368.43 H53.431 H53.432 H53.433

Diagnosis ICD-9 Code

ICD-10 Code

Right Eye Left Eye

Alternating heterophoria 378.45 H50.55

Cyclophoria 378.44 H50.54

Cyclotropia 378.33 H50.411 H50.412

Hypertropia 378.31 H50.21 H50.22

Hypotropia 378.32 H50.21 H50.22

Vertical heterophoria 378.43 H50.53

Eso-deviations

Exo-deviations

Diagnosis ICD-9 Code

ICD-10 Code

Right Eye Left Eye

Esophoria 378.41 H50.51

Esotropia, alternating 378.05 H50.05

Esotropia, alternating with A pattern 378.06 H50.06

Esotropia, alternating with V pattern 378.07 H50.07

Esotropia, alternating with other noncomitancies 378.08 H50.08

Esotropia, monocular 378.01 H50.011 H50.012

Esotropia, monocular with A pattern 378.02 H50.021 H50.022

Esotropia, monocular with V pattern 378.03 H50.031 H50.032

Esotropia, monocular with other noncomitancies 378.04 H50.041 H50.042

Esotropia, intermittent, monocular 378.21 H50.311 H50.312

Esotropia, intermittent, alternating 378.22 H50.32

Esotropia, accommodative component 378.35 H50.43

Diagnosis ICD-9 Code

ICD-10 Code

Right Eye Left Eye

Exophoria 378.42 H50.52

Exotropia, alternating 378.15 H50.15

Exotropia, alternating with A pattern 378.16 H50.16

Exotropia, alternating with V pattern 378.17 H50.17

Exotropia, alternating with other noncomitancies 378.18 H50.18

Exotropia, monocular 378.11 H50.111 H50.112

Exotropia, monocular with A pattern 378.12 H50.121 H50.122

Exotropia, monocular with V pattern 378.13 H50.131 H50.132

Exotropia, monocular with other noncomitancies 378.14 H50.141 H50.142

Exotropia, intermittent, monocular 378.23 H50.331 H50.332

Exotropia, intermittent, alternating 378.24 H50.34

Special Forms Of Strabismus

Diagnosis ICD-9

Code

ICD-10 Code

Right Left Bilateral

3rd nerve palsy 378.52 H49.01 H49.02 H49.03

4th nerve palsy 378.53 H49.11 H49.12 H49.13

6th nerve palsy 378.54 H49.21 H49.22 H49.23

Brown’s sheath syndrome 378.61 H50.611 H50.612

Conjugate gaze palsy 378.81 H51.0

Conjugate gaze spasm 378.82 H51.0

Convergence excess or spasm 378.83 H51.12

Convergence insufficiency or palsy 378.84 H51.11

Divergence anomalies 378.85 H51.8

Duane’s syndrome 378.71 H50.811 H50.812

Internuclear ophthalmoplegia (INO) 378.86 H51.21 H51.22 H51.23

Kearns-Sayre syndrome H49.811 H49.812 H49.813

Mechanical strabismus 378.60 H50.69

Monofixation syndrome 378.34 H50.42

Myopathy of extraocular muscles 376.82 H05.821 H05.822 H05.823

Ophthalmoplegia, external 378.55 H49.31 H49.32 H49.33

Ophthalmoplegia, total 378.56 H49.31 H49.32 H49.33

Other dissociated deviations of eye mvmts (DVD, DHD) 378.87 H51.8

Progressive external ophthalmoplegia (CPEO) 378.72 H49.41 H49.42 H49.43

Strabismus in other neuromuscular disorders (myasthenia) 378.73 H51.89