ICD-10 diagnosis code

H54.6 Moderate visual impairment, monocular

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H54.6 is the ICD-10 code for Moderate visual impairment, monocular. It is a four-character subcategory of H54 (Visual impairment including blindness (binocular or monocular)), the most specific level in the WHO edition. It belongs to the block H53–H54 (Visual disturbances and blindness) in Chapter VII, Diseases of the eye and adnexa.

Code type
Subcategory (4 characters)
Chapter
VII · H00–H59
Classification
WHO ICD-10, 2019 version

What H54.6 includes

Conditions and terms that are coded here.

  • Visual impairment category 1 in one eye and categories 0 or 9 in other eye.

H54.6 in national editions

Countries report with their own edition of ICD-10. Most keep the WHO code and add more specific codes beneath it.

NorwayICD-10-NO

H54.6Moderat svekket syn i ett øye

DenmarkICD-10-DK

DH546Moderat synsnedsættelse på eet øje

FinlandICD-10-FI

H54.6Toisen silmän näkökyvyn määrittämätön heikkous

GermanyICD-10-GM

H54.6Mittelschwere Sehbeeinträchtigung, monokular

FranceICD-10-FR

H54.6Déficience visuelle modérée, monoculaire

NetherlandsICD-10-NL

H54.6matige visuele stoornis, monoculair

United StatesICD-10-CM

Listed through more specific codes:

  • H54.60Unqualified visual loss, one eye, unspecified
  • H54.61Unqualified visual loss, right eye, normal vision left eye
  • H54.62Unqualified visual loss, left eye, normal vision right eye

Based on the World Health Organization’s International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, 10th revision (ICD-10), 2019 version, and the national editions published by each country’s health authority. This page is a reference, not coding advice; follow your national coding rules when you report.

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