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== Additional Info ==
== Additional Info ==
Includes:
Includes:
* Diplopia
* Diplopia


{{ICD10 Guideline Signs Symptoms Test Results not needed when cause known}}
{{ICD10 Guideline Signs Symptoms Test Results not needed when cause known}}
{{ICD10 Guideline repeated events}}
{{ICD10 Guideline repeated events}}
{{ICD10 Guideline congenital blindness}}


== Alternate ICD10s to consider coding instead or in addition ==
== Alternate ICD10s to consider coding instead or in addition ==
{{DA| how to code {sc:blindness, congenital}, which was still left in here from original setup
* Would [[Eye, congenital malformation]] cover this?
*AG REPLY  -- congenital blindness can occur due to actual eye problems or due to problems with the visual nerves or brain. Thus, for this relatively rare entity, code as a combination of [[Blindness, both eyes]]  (or if appropriate [[Blindness, one eye]]) PLUS [[Malformation/disorder NOS, congenital]] }}
*[[Blindness, both eyes]]
*[[Blindness, both eyes]]
*[[Blindness, one eye]]
*[[Blindness, one eye]]