369.00 BOTH EYES BLIND-WHO DEF

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Code Information

Diagnosis Code: 369.00

Short Description: Both eyes blind-who def

Long Description: Profound impairment, both eyes, impairment level not further specified

Code Classification:

Diseases of the sense organs (360–389)
- Disorders of the eye and adnexa (360-379)
  - 369 Blindness and low vision
    - 369.00 Both eyes blind-who def

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM

References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 369.00 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries

Amaurosis (acquired) (congenital) (see also Blindness) 369.00
- fugax 362.34
- hysterical 300.11
- Leber's (congenital) 362.76
- tobacco 377.34
- uremic - see Uremia

Blindness (acquired) (congenital) (both eyes) 369.00
- with deafness V49.85
- blast 921.3
  - with nerve injury - see Injury, nerve, optic
- Bright's - see Uremia
- color (congenital) 368.59
  - acquired 368.55
  - blue 368.53
  - green 368.52
  - red 368.51
  - total 368.54
- concussion 950.9
- cortical 377.75
- day 368.10
  - acquired 368.10
  - congenital 368.10
  - hereditary 368.10
  - specified type NEC 368.10
- due to
  - injury NEC 950.9
  - refractive error - see Error, refractive
- eclipse (total) 363.31
- emotional 300.11
- face 368.16
- hysterical 300.11
- legal (both eyes) (USA definition) 369.4
  - with impairment of better (less impaired) eye
    - near-total 369.02
      - with
        lesser eye impairment 369.02
        near-total 369.04
        
        total 369.03
    - profound 369.05
      - with
        lesser eye impairment 369.05
        near-total 369.07
        
        profound 369.08
        
        total 369.06
    - severe 369.21
      - with
        lesser eye impairment 369.21
        blind 369.11
        
        near-total 369.13
        
        profound 369.14
        
        severe 369.22
        
        total 369.12
    - total
      - with lesser eye impairment
        total 369.01
- mind 784.69
- moderate
  - both eyes 369.25
    - with impairment of lesser eye (specified as)
      - blind, not further specified 369.15
      - low vision, not further specified 369.23
      - near-total 369.17
      - profound 369.18
      - severe 369.24
      - total 369.16
  - one eye 369.74
    - with vision of other eye (specified as)
      - near-normal 369.75
      - normal 369.76
- near-total
  - both eyes 369.04
    - with impairment of lesser eye (specified as)
      - blind, not further specified 369.02
      - total 369.03
  - one eye 369.64
    - with vision of other eye (specified as)
      - near-normal 369.65
      - normal 369.66
- night 368.60
  - acquired 368.62
  - congenital (Japanese) 368.61
  - hereditary 368.61
  - specified type NEC 368.69
  - vitamin A deficiency 264.5
- nocturnal - see Blindness, night
- one eye 369.60
  - with low vision of other eye 369.10
- profound
  - both eyes 369.08
    - with impairment of lesser eye (specified as)
      - blind, not further specified 369.05
      - near-total 369.07
      - total 369.06
  - one eye 369.67
    - with vision of other eye (specified as)
      - near-normal 369.68
      - normal 369.69
- psychic 784.69
- severe
  - both eyes 369.22
    - with impairment of lesser eye (specified as)
      - blind, not further specified 369.11
      - low vision, not further specified 369.21
      - near-total 369.13
      - profound 369.14
      - total 369.12
  - one eye 369.71
    - with vision of other eye (specified as)
      - near-normal 369.72
      - normal 369.73
- snow 370.24
- sun 363.31
- temporary 368.12
- total
  - both eyes 369.01
  - one eye 369.61
    - with vision of other eye (specified as)
      - near-normal 369.62
      - normal 369.63
- transient 368.12
- traumatic NEC 950.9
- word (developmental) 315.01
  - acquired 784.61
  - secondary to organic lesion 784.61

Loss
- vision, visual (see also Blindness) 369.9
  - complete (see also Blindness, both eyes) 369.00

Vision, visual
- loss 369.9
  - complete (see also Blindness, both eyes) 369.00

Crosswalk Information

The code 369.00 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):

ICD-9 Code		ICD-10 Code	ICD-10 Description
369.00		H54.0	Blindness, both eyes

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
369.01	Better eye: total vision impairment; lesser eye: total vision impairment
369.02	Better eye: near-total vision impairment; lesser eye: not further specified
369.03	Better eye: near-total vision impairment; lesser eye: total vision impairment
369.04	Better eye: near-total vision impairment; lesser eye: near-total vision impairment
369.05	Better eye: profound vision impairment; lesser eye: not further specified
369.06	Better eye: profound vision impairment; lesser eye: total vision impairment
369.07	Better eye: profound vision impairment; lesser eye: near-total vision impairment
369.08	Better eye: profound vision impairment; lesser eye: profound vision impairment
369.10	Moderate or severe impairment, better eye, impairment level not further specified
369.11	Better eye: severe vision impairment; lesser eye: blind, not further specified
369.12	Better eye: severe vision impairment; lesser eye: total vision impairment
369.13	Better eye: severe vision impairment; lesser eye: near-total vision impairment
369.14	Better eye: severe vision impairment; lesser eye: profound vision impairment
369.15	Better eye: moderate vision impairment; lesser eye: blind, not further specified
369.16	Better eye: moderate vision impairment; lesser eye: total vision impairment
369.17	Better eye: moderate vision impairment; lesser eye: near-total vision impairment
369.18	Better eye: moderate vision impairment; lesser eye: profound vision impairment
369.20	Moderate or severe impairment, both eyes, impairment level not further specified
369.21	Better eye: severe vision impairment; lesser eye; impairment not further specified
369.22	Better eye: severe vision impairment; lesser eye: severe vision impairment
369.23	Better eye: moderate vision impairment; lesser eye: impairment not further specified
369.24	Better eye: moderate vision impairment; lesser eye: severe vision impairment
369.25	Better eye: moderate vision impairment; lesser eye: moderate vision impairment
369.3	Unqualified visual loss, both eyes
369.4	Legal blindness, as defined in U.S.A.
369.60	Profound impairment, one eye, impairment level not further specified
369.61	One eye: total vision impairment; other eye: not specified
369.62	One eye: total vision impairment; other eye: near-normal vision
369.63	One eye: total vision impairment; other eye: normal vision
369.64	One eye: near-total vision impairment; other eye: vision not specified
369.65	One eye: near-total vision impairment; other eye: near-normal vision
369.66	One eye: near-total vision impairment; other eye: normal vision
369.67	One eye: profound vision impairment; other eye: vision not specified
369.68	One eye: profound vision impairment; other eye: near-normal vision
369.69	One eye: profound vision impairment; other eye: normal vision
369.70	Moderate or severe impairment, one eye, impairment level not further specified
369.71	One eye: severe vision impairment; other eye: vision not specified
369.72	One eye: severe vision impairment; other eye: near-normal vision
369.73	One eye: severe vision impairment; other eye: normal vision
369.74	One eye: moderate vision impairment; other eye: vision not specified
369.75	One eye: moderate vision impairment; other eye: near-normal vision
369.76	One eye: moderate vision impairment; other eye: normal vision
369.8	Unqualified visual loss, one eye
369.9	Unspecified visual loss

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