H53.15

H53.15: Visual distortions of shape and size

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

H53.15 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for visual distortions of shape and size. It is valid for submission on a claim.

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Inclusion terms

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

Metamorphopsia

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above H53.15

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.

Medicare coverage

H53.15 is named in 18 Medicare coverage policies: 18 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

A53060Billing and Coding: Ophthalmology: Extended Ophthalmoscopy and Fundus Photography
A56505Billing and Coding: Transesophageal Echocardiography (TEE)
A56537Billing and Coding: Scanning Computerized Ophthalmic Diagnostic Imaging (SCODI)
A56551Billing and Coding: Visual Fields Testing

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Macropsia
Megalopsia
Metamorphopsia
Micropsia
Distortion›visual›shape and size
Disturbance›vision, visual›subjective›distortions of shape and size

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.