Blindness and low vision
Notes: Visual impairment categories 3, 4, 5 in both eyes. ; Visual impairment categories 3, 4, 5 in one eye, with categories 1 or 2 in the other eye. ; Visual impairment categories 1 or 2 in both eyes. ; Visual impairment category 9 in both eyes. ; Visual impairment categories 3, 4, 5 in one eye [normal vision in other eye] ; Visual impairment categories 1 or 2 in one eye [normal vision in other eye]. ; Visual impairment category 9 in one eye [normal vision in other eye]. ; Visual impairment category 9 NOS ; Blindness NOS according to USA definition ; amaurosis fugax (G45.3) ; legal blindness with specification of impairment level (H54.0-H54.7) ; any associated underlying cause of the blindness ; For definition of visual impairment categories see table below ; The table below gives a classification of severity of visual impairment recommended by a WHO Study Group on the Prevention of Blindness, Geneva, 6-10 November 1972. ; The term ‘low vision’ in category H54 comprises categories 1 and 2 of the table, the term ‘blindness’ categories 3, 4 and 5, and the term ‘unqualified visual loss’ category 9. ; If the extent of the visual field is taken into account, patients with a field no greater than 10 but greater than 5 around central fixation should be placed in category 3 and patients with a field no greater than 5 around central fixation should be placed in category 4, even if the central acuity is not impaired.