2006 ICD-9-CM Volume 1 Diagnosis Codes Home > Diseases Of The Nervous System And Sense Organs 320-389 > Disorders Of The Eye And Adnexa 360-379 > Visual Disturbances 368.* > 2006 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis 368.00 Amblyopia unspecified View the most recent version of ICD-9-CM 368.00 A nonspecific term referring to impaired vision. Major subcategories include stimulus deprivation-induced amblyopia and toxic amblyopia. Stimulus deprivation-induced amblyopia is a developmental disorder of the visual cortex. A discrepancy between visual information received by the visual cortex from each eye results in abnormal cortical development. STRABISMUS and REFRACTIVE ERRORS may cause this condition. Toxic amblyopia is a disorder of the OPTIC NERVE which is associated with ALCOHOLISM, tobacco SMOKING, and other toxins and as an adverse effect of the use of some medications. 368.00 is a specific code that can be used to specify a diagnosis 368.00 contains 2 index entries View the ICD-9-CM Volume 1 368.* hierarchy  Index entries containing 368.00: Amblyopia (acquired) (congenital) (partial) 368.00 color 368.59 acquired 368.55 deprivation 368.02 ex anopsia 368.00 hysterical 300.11 nocturnal 368.60 vitamin A deficiency 264.5 refractive 368.03 strabismic 368.01 suppression 368.01 tobacco 377.34 toxic NEC 377.34 uremic - see Uremia