H54.115Blindness right eye category 5, low vision left eye

H54.115 is the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for blindness right eye category 5, low vision left eye. It belongs to category H54 (blindness and low vision), 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 2 subcodes must be used instead.

Within H54.11 (blindness, right eye, low vision left eye), H54.115 is specifically for blindness right eye category 5, low vision left eye. Related codes cover 3, low vision left eye (H54.113) and 4, low vision left eye (H54.114).

To report this condition, pick the subcode that matches the documentation: H54.1151 (category 1) and H54.1152 (category 2).

Code first: any associated underlying cause of the blindness.

It was added in FY2018, effective October 1, 2017.