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H53.6 - Night blindness


The ICD 10 Code for Night blindness is listed as H53.6.
Additional information concerning this code and description can be found below including ICD 9 crosswalks / GEMS, chapter information, and DRGs where available.

ICD 10 CM Field Value
Diagnosis Code: H53.6
Description: Night blindness
  • Excludes1: night blindness due to vitamin A deficiency (E50.5)
Chapter Diseases of the eye and adnexa (H00-H59)
Block Visual disturbances and blindness (H53-H54)
Parent H53 - Visual disturbances
ICD-10-CM Children (deeper level / typically more specific) of H53.6:
H53.60 - Unspecified night blindness
H53.61 - Abnormal dark adaptation curve
H53.62 - Acquired night blindness
H53.63 - Congenital night blindness
H53.69 - Other night blindness
ICD-10-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of H53.6:
H53.0 - Amblyopia ex anopsia
H53.1 - Subjective visual disturbances
H53.2 - Diplopia
H53.3 - Other and unspecified disorders of binocular vision
H53.4 - Visual field defects
H53.5 - Color vision deficiencies
H53.7 - Vision sensitivity deficiencies
H53.8 - Other visual disturbances
H53.9 - Unspecified visual disturbance