H54.121Low vision right eye category 1, blindness left eye

H54.121 is the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for low vision right eye category 1, blindness 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 3 subcodes must be used instead.

Within H54.12 (blindness, left eye, low vision right eye), H54.121 is specifically for low vision right eye category 1, blindness left eye. Related codes cover 2, blindness left eye (H54.122).

To report this condition, pick the subcode that matches the documentation: H54.1213 (category 3), H54.1214 (category 4) and H54.1215 (category 5).

Code first: any associated underlying cause of the blindness.

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