368.41 CENTRAL SCOTOMA


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: 368.41

Short Description: Central scotoma

Long Description: Scotoma involving central area

Code Classification:

  • Diseases of the sense organs (360–389)
    • Disorders of the eye and adnexa (360-379)
      • 368 Visual disturbances
        • 368.41 Central scotoma

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM


References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 368.41 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Loss
    • central vision 368.41
  • Scotoma (ring) 368.44
    • central 368.41
    • centrocecal 368.41
    • paracentral 368.41
  • Syndrome - see also Disease
    • chiasmatic 368.41

Crosswalk Information

The code 368.41 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):
ICD-9 Code ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
368.41 Right Arrow H53.419 Scotoma involving central area, unspecified eye
This ICD-9 to ICD-10 data is based on the 2018 General Equivalency Mapping (GEM) files published by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for informational purposes only. The data is not an ICD-10 conversion tool and doesn’t guarantee clinical accuracy.

Similar Codes

ICD-9 Code ICD-9 Description
368.00 Amblyopia, unspecified
368.01 Strabismic amblyopia
368.02 Deprivation amblyopia
368.03 Refractive amblyopia
368.10 Subjective visual disturbance, unspecified
368.11 Sudden visual loss
368.12 Transient visual loss
368.13 Visual discomfort
368.14 Visual distortions of shape and size
368.15 Other visual distortions and entoptic phenomena
368.16 Psychophysical visual disturbances
368.2 Diplopia
368.30 Binocular vision disorder, unspecified
368.31 Suppression of binocular vision
368.32 Simultaneous visual perception without fusion
368.33 Fusion with defective stereopsis
368.34 Abnormal retinal correspondence
368.40 Visual field defect, unspecified
368.42 Scotoma of blind spot area
368.43 Sector or arcuate visual field defects
368.44 Other localized visual field defect
368.45 Generalized visual field contraction or constriction
368.46 Homonymous bilateral field defects
368.47 Heteronymous bilateral field defects
368.51 Protan defect
368.52 Deutan defect
368.53 Tritan defect
368.54 Achromatopsia
368.55 Acquired color vision deficiencies
368.59 Other color vision deficiencies
368.60 Night blindness, unspecified
368.61 Congenital night blindness
368.62 Acquired night blindness
368.63 Abnormal dark adaptation curve
368.69 Other night blindness
368.8 Other specified visual disturbances
368.9 Unspecified visual disturbance


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