H53.41
H53.41 — Scotoma involving central area
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
H53.41 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for scotoma involving central area. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Central scotoma
Risk adjustment
H53.41 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.
Code to one of these instead H53.41
4 child codes. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share H53.4. If H53.41 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about H53.41
- Is H53.41 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. H53.41 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does H53.41 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the eye and adnexa (H00-H59), in the block Visual disturbances and blindness (H53-H54).