H53.52

H53.52: Acquired color vision deficiency

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

H53.52 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for acquired color vision deficiency. It is valid for submission on a claim.

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Excludes2 inherited from the categories above H53.52

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

Written on H53.5: Color vision deficiencies

day blindness (H53.11)

Risk adjustment

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

Medicare coverage

H53.52 is named in 14 Medicare coverage policies: 14 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

A53060Billing and Coding: Ophthalmology: Extended Ophthalmoscopy and Fundus Photography
A56551Billing and Coding: Visual Fields Testing
A56612Billing and Coding: CT of the Head
A56672Billing and Coding: Electroretinography (ERG)

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Deficiency, deficient›color vision›acquired

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.