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The American Medical Association has estimated that the loss of one eye equals 25% impairment of the visual system and 24% impairment of the whole person; [27] [28] total loss of vision in both eyes is considered to be 100% visual impairment and 85% impairment of the whole person. [27]
The ICD-10 Clinical Modification (ICD-10-CM) is a set of diagnosis codes used in the United States of America. [1] It was developed by a component of the U.S. Department of Health and Human services, [ 2 ] as an adaption of the ICD-10 with authorization from the World Health Organization .
ICD-10 is the 10th revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD), a medical classification list by the World Health Organization (WHO). It contains codes for diseases, signs and symptoms, abnormal findings, complaints, social circumstances, and external causes of injury or diseases. [1]
He documented it in his 90-year-old grandfather [23] who was nearly blind from cataracts in both eyes. [7] After Bonnet's grandfather received bilateral cataract surgery, his vision evolved from slightly better to complete deterioration over time. [6] It was around this period that his visual hallucinations started. [6]
A patient with cortical blindness has no vision but the response of his/her pupil to light is intact (as the reflex does not involve the cortex). Therefore, one diagnostic test for cortical blindness is to first objectively verify the optic nerves and the non-cortical functions of the eyes are functioning normally.
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