H53.14

Visual discomfort

Not billable — category only FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30

Exclusions 13 never code together

Excludes1

Excludes2

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

Excludes1 — never code together. The excluded condition and this one are mutually exclusive.

Excludes2 — not included here, but the patient may have both. Code both when documented.

Instructional notes 3

Inclusion terms

Notes

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

Index entries leading here 3

Disturbance (s) — see also Disease
- vision, visual H53.9
  - subjective H53.10
    - discomfort H53.14
Discomfort
- visual H53.14
Photophobia H53.14

Alongside this code 7 same parent — H53.1

Subordinate codes 4

Additional references

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Present FY2024–FY2027.