H53.8
H53.8: Other visual disturbances
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
H53.8 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other visual disturbances. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check H53.8 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberRisk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
H53.8 is named in 22 Medicare coverage policies: 22 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A53060Billing and Coding: Ophthalmology: Extended Ophthalmoscopy and Fundus Photography
- A54095Billing and Coding: Nerve Conduction Studies and Electromyography
- A56551Billing and Coding: Visual Fields Testing
- A56612Billing and Coding: CT of the Head
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Blurring, visual
- Polyopia
- Amblyopia›tobacco
- Amblyopia›toxic NEC
- Syndrome›visual disorientation
- Vision, visual›blurred, blurring
- Vision, visual›disorientation(syndrome)
- Disturbance›vision, visual›specified NEC
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.