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H53.50

H53.50: Unspecified color vision deficiencies

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

H53.50 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for unspecified color vision deficiencies. 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.

  • Color blindness NOS

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above H53.50

Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.

Written on H53.5: Color vision deficiencies

Risk adjustment

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

Medicare coverage

H53.50 is named in 5 Medicare coverage policies: 5 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

  • A53060Billing and Coding: Ophthalmology: Extended Ophthalmoscopy and Fundus Photography
  • A56612Billing and Coding: CT of the Head
  • A56726Billing and Coding: Ophthalmology: Posterior Segment Imaging (Extended Ophthalmoscopy and Fundus Photography)
  • A57071Billing and Coding: Ophthalmology: Posterior Segment Imaging (Extended Ophthalmoscopy and Fundus Photography)

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

  • Deficiency, deficient›color vision

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Other codes under H53.5

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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