H53.5Color vision deficiencies

H53.5 is the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for color vision deficiencies. 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 7 subcodes must be used instead.

Within H53 (visual disturbances), H53.5 is specifically for color vision deficiencies. Related codes cover amblyopia ex anopsia (H53.0), subjective visual disturbances (H53.1), Diplopia (H53.2), other and unspecified disorders of binocular vision (H53.3), visual field defects (H53.4), night blindness (H53.6), vision sensitivity deficiencies (H53.7), other visual disturbances (H53.8) and 1 more.

To report this condition, pick the subcode that matches the documentation: H53.50 (deficiencies), H53.51 (Achromatopsia), H53.52 (deficiency), H53.53 (Deuteranomaly), H53.54 (Protanomaly), H53.55 (Tritanomaly) and H53.59 (deficiencies).

The conditions in its Excludes2 note aren't part of H53.5, but may be coded alongside it if the patient has both: day blindness (H53.11).

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