H54.8 is a billable/specific diagnosis code from the 2025 ICD-10-CM used to classify the following condition: Legal blindness, as defined in USA.
Notes
The table below gives a classification of severity of visual impairment recommended by a WHO Study Group on the Prevention of Blindness, Geneva, 6-10 November 1972.
The term 'low vision' in category H54 comprises categories 1 and 2 of the table, the term 'blindness' categories 3, 4 and 5, and the term 'unqualified visual loss' category 9.
If the extent of the visual field is taken into account, patients with a field no greater than 10 but greater than 5 around central fixation should be placed in category 3 and patients with a field no greater than 5 around central fixation should be placed in category 4, even if the central acuity is not impaired.
Inclusion term
Blindness NOS according to USA definition
Type 1 excludes
Legal blindness with specification of impairment level (H54.0-H54.7)
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