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Specific code 2012 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 369.72
One eye: severe vision impairment; other eye: near-normal vision
  • Short description: One eye-sev/oth-nr norm.
  • ICD-9-CM 369.72 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 369.72 should only be used for claims with a date of service on or before September 30, 2015. For claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015, use an equivalent ICD-10-CM code (or codes).
  • You are viewing the 2012 version of ICD-9-CM 369.72.
  • More recent version(s) of ICD-9-CM 369.72: 2013 2014 2015.
Convert to ICD-10-CM: 369.72 converts approximately to:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM H54.40 Blindness, one eye, unspecified eye
Approximate Synonyms
  • Impairment level: one eye: severe impairment: other eye: near-normal vision
  • Severe impaired vision one eye, other eye near normal
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 369.72:
 369.71 ICD9Data.com 369.73 
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