H54.8 - Legal blindness, as defined in USA

Code

H54.8 - Legal blindness, as defined in USA
[Billable]

Includes

  • Blindness NOS according to USA definition

Not Coded Here

  • legal blindness with specification of impairment level (H54.0-H54.7)

Notes

  • The table below gives a classification of severity of visual impairment recommended by a WHO Study Group on the Prevention of Blindness, Geneva, 6-10 November 1972.
  • The term 'low vision' in category H54 comprises categories 1 and 2 of the table, the term 'blindness' categories 3, 4 and 5, and the term 'unqualified visual loss' category 9.
  • If the extent of the visual field is taken into account, patients with a field no greater than 10 but greater than 5 around central fixation should be placed in category 3 and patients with a field no greater than 5 around central fixation should be placed in category 4, even if the central acuity is not impaired.

Code Tree

H00-H59 - Diseases of the eye and adnexa
  • H53-H54 - Visual disturbances and blindness
    • H54 - Blindness and low vision
      • H54.0 - Blindness, both eyes
      • H54.1 - Blindness, one eye, low vision other eye
      • H54.2 - Low vision, both eyes
      • H54.3 - Unqualified visual loss, both eyes
      • H54.4 - Blindness, one eye
      • H54.5 - Low vision, one eye
      • H54.6 - Unqualified visual loss, one eye
      • H54.7 - Unspecified visual loss
      • H54.8 - Legal blindness, as defined in USA