H53.46

Homonymous bilateral field defects

Non-billable header

H53.46 is a non-billable header code. Use one of the more specific codes below.

Inclusion terms

Applicable to

  • Homonymous hemianopia
  • Homonymous hemianopsia
  • Quadrant anopia
  • Quadrant anopsia

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

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

  • Homonymous hemianopia
  • Homonymous hemianopsia
  • Quadrant anopia
  • Quadrant anopsia
  • Anopia, anopsia
  • Anopia, anopsia, quadrant
  • Defect, defective, visual field, bilateral, homonymous
  • Hemianopia, hemianopsia, homonymous

Parent code

  • H53.4Visual field defectsHeader

More specific codes H53.46

  • H53.461Homonymous bilateral field defects, right sideBillable
  • H53.462Homonymous bilateral field defects, left sideBillable
  • H53.469Homonymous bilateral field defects, unspecified sideBillable

Related codes

  • H53.40Unspecified visual field defectsBillable
  • H53.41Scotoma involving central areaHeader
  • H53.42Scotoma of blind spot areaHeader
  • H53.43Sector or arcuate defectsHeader
  • H53.45Other localized visual field defectHeader
  • H53.47Heteronymous bilateral field defectsBillable
  • H53.48Generalized contraction of visual fieldHeader

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