H54.5Low vision, one eye

H54.5 is the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for low vision, one 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 (blindness and low vision), H54.5 is specifically for low vision, one eye. Related codes cover blindness, both eyes (H54.0), blindness, one eye, low vision other eye (H54.1), low vision, both eyes (H54.2), unqualified visual loss, both eyes (H54.3), blindness, one eye (H54.4), unqualified visual loss, one eye (H54.6), unspecified visual loss (H54.7) and legal blindness, as defined in USA (H54.8).

To report this condition, pick the subcode that matches the documentation: H54.50 (unspecified eye), H54.51 (eye) and H54.52 (eye).

Code first: any associated underlying cause of the blindness.

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