H53.12

Transient visual loss

Non-billable header

H53.12 is a non-billable header code. Use one of the more specific codes below.

Inclusion terms

Applicable to

  • Scintillating scotoma

Includes (from H53)

  • Note: Use an external cause code following the code for the eye condition, if applicable, to identify the cause of the eye condition

Excludes1

Not coded here — never report together with this code.

  • amaurosis fugax (G45.3-)
  • transient retinal artery occlusion (H34.0-)
  • subjective visual disturbances due to vitamin A deficiency (E50.5) (from H53.1)
  • visual hallucinations (R44.1) (from H53.1)

Excludes2

Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.

  • certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96) (from H53)
  • certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99) (from H53)
  • complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A) (from H53)
  • congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99) (from H53)
  • diabetes mellitus related eye conditions (E09.3-, E10.3-, E11.3-, E13.3-) (from H53)
  • endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88) (from H53)
  • injury (trauma) of eye and orbit (S05.-) (from H53)
  • injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88) (from H53)
  • neoplasms (C00-D49) (from H53)
  • symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94) (from H53)
  • syphilis related eye disorders (A50.01, A50.3-, A51.43, A52.71) (from H53)

Also known as

  • Scintillating scotoma
  • Loss, vision, visual, subjective, transient
  • Scotoma, scintillating

Parent code

  • H53.1Subjective visual disturbancesHeader

More specific codes H53.12

  • H53.121Transient visual loss, right eyeBillable
  • H53.122Transient visual loss, left eyeBillable
  • H53.123Transient visual loss, bilateralBillable
  • H53.129Transient visual loss, unspecified eyeBillable

Related codes

  • H53.10Unspecified subjective visual disturbancesBillable
  • H53.11Day blindnessBillable
  • H53.13Sudden visual lossHeader
  • H53.14Visual discomfortHeader
  • H53.15Visual distortions of shape and sizeBillable
  • H53.16Psychophysical visual disturbancesBillable
  • H53.19Other subjective visual disturbancesBillable

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