Back to Scope Health

H53.6

Night blindness

Non-billableCategory

Code Hierarchy

H53H53.6

Chapter: 7. Diseases of the eye and adnexa

Section: H53-H54 - Visual disturbances and blindness

Coding Guidelines

Excludes1 (Mutually Exclusive)

These codes should never be used together with H53.6

  • E50.5 - night blindness due to vitamin A deficiency (E50.5)

Specific Codes (5)

H53.60Billable

Unspecified night blindness

H53.61Billable

Abnormal dark adaptation curve

H53.62Billable

Acquired night blindness

H53.63Billable

Congenital night blindness

H53.69Billable

Other night blindness

Related Codes

H53.0Category

Amblyopia ex anopsia

H53.1Category

Subjective visual disturbances

H53.2Billable

Diplopia

H53.3Category

Other and unspecified disorders of binocular vision

H53.4Category

Visual field defects

H53.5Category

Color vision deficiencies

H53.7Category

Vision sensitivity deficiencies

H53.8Billable

Other visual disturbances

H53.9Billable

Unspecified visual disturbance

Get started with Scope today

Spend more time caring for patients, not charting. Scope captures your patient encounters in real time and quickly generates high-quality clinical notes – and it's completely free.

AnneLisaDavid
1k+

from 1k+ happy clinicians

Get started now