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ICD-10-CM code · FY2027

H90 Conductive and sensorineural hearing loss

Header codeNot billable: use one of the 18 billable codes below

About H90

Code
H90
Billable
No, header
Short description
Conductive and sensorineural hearing loss
Block
H90-H94 Other disorders of ear
Chapter
8 Diseases of the ear and mastoid process
Code set
FY2027, October 1, 2026 to September 30, 2027

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Coding notes for H90

Excludes1 Not coded here: never report these together with this code (use the code given instead).

  • deaf nonspeaking NEC (H91.3)
  • deafness NOS (H91.9-)
  • hearing loss NOS (H91.9-)
  • noise-induced hearing loss (H83.3-)
  • ototoxic hearing loss (H91.0-)
  • sudden (idiopathic) hearing loss (H91.2-)
Chapter 8 notes (apply to every code in it)

Note

  • Use an external cause code following the code for the ear condition, if applicable, to identify the cause of the ear condition

Excludes2 Not part of this condition, but a patient can have both: report both codes when both apply.

  • certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
  • certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
  • complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
  • congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
  • endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
  • injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
  • neoplasms (C00-D49)
  • symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)

Codes under H90 25

Other categories in H90-H94

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