Other Eye Disorders – Other Visual Disturbances
Diagnosed Prevalence
VEHSS identifies the annual prevalence of diagnosed Other Visual Disturbances based on the presence of International Classification of Diseases(ICD)-9 and ICD-10 codes in patient claims or electronic health record (EHR) systems. Patients with one or more diagnosis codes associated with a VEHSS subgroup are assigned to that subgroup. Diagnosis codes may be primary or secondary. Only one instance of a diagnosis code is required for assignment to the subgroup. Note that diagnosis codes in claims data are intended for billing purposes. Codes may not be present in cases where diagnosis codes are not required to justify payment. Diagnosed prevalence will also not identify any undiagnosed conditions, will not include patients not covered by the insurer, and will not identify prevalence among patients without a visit in the calendar year of data.
Diagnosed Other Visual Disturbances includes a patient having one or more diagnosis codes indicating one or more of the subgroups listed below.
| Subgroups | Indicated conditions |
|---|---|
| Visual Disturbances, any stage | Category total – includes any clinical stage below |
| Visual field defect | Visual field defect includes diagnosis codes indicating defects of the visual field, including scotoma, sector or arcuate defects, localized visual field defects, homonymous bilateral field defects or contraction of the visual field. |
| Color blindness | Color blindness included diagnosis codes indicating color vision deficiencies. |
| Night blindness | Night blindness includes diagnosis codes indicating night blindness, abnormal dark adaptation, and glare sensitivity. |
| Other/unspecified visual disturbances | Other/unspecified visual disturbances includes other disturbances or defects of sight including subjective visual disturbances, diplopia, other and unspecified disorders of binocular vision, and vision sensitivity deficiencies. |
The data sources available for this category include Medicare (default), IRIS Registry, Managed Vision Care, and MarketScan commercial insurance claims. See data source documentation.