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H54.0 - Blindness, both eyes


The ICD 10 Code for Blindness, both eyes is listed as H54.0.
Additional information concerning this code and description can be found below including ICD 9 crosswalks / GEMS, chapter information, and DRGs where available.

ICD 10 CM Field Value
Diagnosis Code: H54.0
Description: Blindness, both eyes
  • Visual impairment categories 3, 4, 5 in both eyes.
Diagnostic Related Groups
(MS-DRG v30.0)
124 - Other Disorders Of The Eye W Mcc
125 - Other Disorders Of The Eye W/o Mcc
Chapter Diseases of the eye and adnexa (H00-H59)
Block Visual disturbances and blindness (H53-H54)
Parent H54 - Blindness and low vision
ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD 9 Dx Code: 369.00 - Profound impairment, both eyes, impairment level not further specified (approximate)
ICD 9 Dx Code: 369.01 - Better eye: total vision impairment (approximate)
ICD-10-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of H54.0:
H54.1 - Blindness, one eye, low vision other eye
H54.2 - Low vision, both eyes
H54.3 - Unqualified visual loss, both eyes
H54.4 - Blindness, one eye
H54.5 - Low vision, one eye
H54.6 - Unqualified visual loss, one eye
H54.7 - Unspecified visual loss
H54.8 - Legal blindness, as defined in USA