H53.59

H53.59: Other color vision deficiencies

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

H53.59 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other color vision deficiencies. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check H53.59 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above H53.59

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

H53.59 is named in 7 Medicare coverage policies: 7 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)
A56773Billing and Coding: Neurophysiology Evoked Potentials (NEPs)

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Deficiency, deficient›color vision›specified type NEC

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.