H53.41Scotoma involving central area

H53.41 is the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for Scotoma involving central area. It belongs to category H53 (visual disturbances), block H53-H54 (visual disturbances and blindness) and chapter 7 (diseases of the eye and adnexa). It is a header code, so it can't be reported by itself; one of its 4 subcodes must be used instead.

Within H53.4 (visual field defects), H53.41 is specifically for Scotoma involving central area. Related codes cover unspecified visual field defects (H53.40), Scotoma of blind spot area (H53.42), Sector or arcuate defects (H53.43), other localized visual field defect (H53.45), Homonymous bilateral field defects (H53.46), Heteronymous bilateral field defects (H53.47) and generalized contraction of visual field (H53.48).

To report this condition, pick the subcode that matches the documentation: H53.411 (right eye), H53.412 (left eye), H53.413 (bilateral) and H53.419 (unspecified eye).

It has been part of ICD-10-CM since the code set took effect on October 1, 2015 and hasn't changed since.