H54.0
H54.0: Blindness, both eyes
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
H54.0 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for blindness, both eyes. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Visual impairment categories 3, 4, 5 in both eyes.
Other codes that can never be billed with H54.0
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
- H54.8Legal blindness, as defined in USA
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 H54.0
1 child code. Green means billable.