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H53.03

H53.03: Strabismic amblyopia

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

H53.03 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for strabismic amblyopia. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Excludes2: not included here, but may coexist

The excluded condition is not part of this code, but a patient can have both. You may code both.

  • strabismus (H50.-)

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above H53.03

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on H53.0: Amblyopia ex anopsia

  • amblyopia due to vitamin A deficiency (E50.5)

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Code to one of these instead H53.03

4 child codes. Green means billable.

Other codes under H53.0

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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