H53.6
H53.6: Night blindness
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
H53.6 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for night blindness. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Excludes1: never code together
These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.
- night blindness due to vitamin A deficiency (E50.5)
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Code to one of these instead H53.6
5 child codes. Green means billable.