Low vision r eye category 1, low vision left eye category 2

Low vision right eye category 1, low vision left eye category 2

📋Clinical Description

This code signifies a bilateral visual impairment where the right eye has low vision classified as category 1, and the left eye has low vision classified as category 2. This indicates a significant reduction in visual acuity or visual field in both eyes, with the left eye having a more severe degree of impairment than the right.

🎯When to Use

Apply this code when documentation clearly specifies low vision in both eyes, with the right eye falling into category 1 and the left eye into category 2. This is typically used for patients with chronic, uncorrectable vision loss due to various underlying conditions such as macular degeneration, glaucoma, or diabetic retinopathy, where the specific categories of impairment are documented by an ophthalmologist or optometrist.

💡Coding Tips

Ensure the medical record explicitly states the low vision category for each eye.
Do not use this code if only one eye has low vision or if the categories differ from 1 and 2.
Sequence this code after any underlying cause of the low vision, if known and documented.

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Code Hierarchy

▲H54.2X1Low vision, right eye, category 1

H54.2X12(current)

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