H54.41

Blindness, right eye, normal vision left eye

FY2027Chapter 7: Diseases of the eye and adnexa/H53–H54 Visual disturbances and blindness

Non-billable headerNot valid on its own. Use one of the more specific codes under it.

H54.41 is a non-billable ICD-10-CM code header for blindness, right eye, normal vision left eye. Report a more specific code from it instead. It is part of the FY2027 code set, effective October 1, 2026. The more specific codes under it are H54.413 Blindness, right eye, category 3; H54.414 Blindness, right eye, category 4 and H54.415 Blindness, right eye, category 5. Its coding notes include a Code first instruction, 1 Excludes1 entry and 11 Excludes2 entries.

Guidelines tip

From the FY2027 Official Guidelines. ICD10Ref adds no rules of its own.

When blindness or low vision is documented without the visual impairment category, the code depends on whether one eye, both eyes or an unspecified number of eyes is affected.

Guidelines I.C.7.bBlindness and low vision without a categoryRead the official text

Code first

If the underlying condition listed here is present and known, sequence it first.

Inherited from H54 Blindness and low vision
  • any associated underlying cause of the blindness

Excludes1

Not coded here. The listed conditions generally should not be reported together.

Inherited from H54 Blindness and low vision

Excludes2

Not included here. Both codes may be reported if the patient has both conditions.

Also from chapter/block level (11 notes)
Inherited from Chapter 7 Diseases of the eye and adnexa
  • certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
  • certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
  • complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
  • congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
  • diabetes mellitus related eye conditions (E09.3-, E10.3-, E11.3-, E13.3-)
  • endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
  • injury (trauma) of eye and orbit (S05.-)
  • injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
  • neoplasms (C00-D49)
  • symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)
  • syphilis related eye disorders (A50.01, A50.3-, A51.43, A52.71)

Notes

Inherited from H54 Blindness and low vision
  • For definition of visual impairment categories see table below
Also from chapter/block level (1 note)
Inherited from Chapter 7 Diseases of the eye and adnexa
  • Use an external cause code following the code for the eye condition, if applicable, to identify the cause of the eye condition

Alphabetic Index terms

Terms the official Alphabetic Index lists for this code. 1 entry

More specific codes under H54.41 3