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H53.12

H53.12: Transient visual loss

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

H53.12 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for transient visual loss. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Excludes1: never code together

These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.

  • amaurosis fugax (G45.3-)
  • transient retinal artery occlusion (H34.0-)

Inclusion terms

Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.

  • Scintillating scotoma

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above H53.12

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on H53.1: Subjective visual disturbances

  • subjective visual disturbances due to vitamin A deficiency (E50.5)
  • visual hallucinations (R44.1)

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 H53.12

4 child codes. Green means billable.

Other codes under H53.1

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

Loaded directly from the CMS/NCHS ICD-10-CM public-domain release: see data sources and our editorial policy. If this page disagrees with the CMS tabular list, this page is wrong. Reference information for professional coders; not medical or billing advice.