H90UpcomingCategory · further specificity required

Conductive and sensorineural hearing loss

Code-level instructions

Excludes 1

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-)

Excludes 2 · 8

Chapters 8 · Diseases of the ear and mastoid process (H60-H95)

Excludes 2

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)

More specific codes

H90.0Conductive hearing loss, bilateral H90.1Conductive hearing loss, unilateral with unrestricted hearing on the contralateral side H90.2Conductive hearing loss, unspecified H90.3Sensorineural hearing loss, bilateral H90.4Sensorineural hearing loss, unilateral with unrestricted hearing on the contralateral side H90.5Unspecified sensorineural hearing loss H90.6Mixed conductive and sensorineural hearing loss, bilateral H90.7Mixed conductive and sensorineural hearing loss, unilateral with unrestricted hearing on the contralateral side H90.8Mixed conductive and sensorineural hearing loss, unspecified H90.AConductive and sensorineural hearing loss with restricted hearing on the contralateral side

Claims & coverage

When ICD-10-CM is required

For US diagnosis claims covered by HIPAA, ICD-10-CM is required from October 1, 2015.

Use the service date for outpatient/professional claims and the discharge date for hospital inpatient claims. Earlier encounters use ICD-9-CM; each individual code must also be valid for the applicable date.

Official coding guidelines → · CMS ↗

First observed · 2015-10-01

Code history

No recorded change since first observation

ChangedUnchanged

FY2016

Effective from 2015-10-01

First observed

Conductive and sensorineural hearing loss

Category — select a more specific code

CDC/NCHS · FY2016

All editions (19)

All editions	Effective from	Code history
FY2016	2015-10-01	First observed
FY2017	2016-10-01	No tabular change
FY2018	2017-10-01	No tabular change
FY2019	2018-10-01	No tabular change
FY2020	2019-10-01	No tabular change
FY2020 · April	2020-04-01	No tabular change
FY2021	2020-10-01	No tabular change
FY2021 · 01-01	2021-01-01	No tabular change
FY2022	2021-10-01	No tabular change
FY2022 · 04-01	2022-04-01	No tabular change
FY2023	2022-10-01	No tabular change
FY2023 · 04-01	2023-04-01	No tabular change
FY2024	2023-10-01	No tabular change
FY2024 · 04-01	2024-04-01	No tabular change
FY2025	2024-10-01	No tabular change
FY2025 · 04-01	2025-04-01	No tabular change
FY2026	2025-10-01	No tabular change
FY2026 · April	2026-04-01	No tabular change
FY2027	2026-10-01	No tabular change

Code-level instructions

Excludes 1

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-)

Inherited instructions

Chapters 8 · Diseases of the ear and mastoid process (H60-H95)

Excludes 2

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)

Note

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

More specific codes

H90.0Conductive hearing loss, bilateralBillable / specific H90.1Conductive hearing loss, unilateral with unrestricted hearing on the contralateral sideCategory · further specificity required H90.2Conductive hearing loss, unspecifiedBillable / specific H90.3Sensorineural hearing loss, bilateralBillable / specific H90.4Sensorineural hearing loss, unilateral with unrestricted hearing on the contralateral sideCategory · further specificity required H90.5Unspecified sensorineural hearing lossBillable / specific H90.6Mixed conductive and sensorineural hearing loss, bilateralBillable / specific H90.7Mixed conductive and sensorineural hearing loss, unilateral with unrestricted hearing on the contralateral sideCategory · further specificity required H90.8Mixed conductive and sensorineural hearing loss, unspecifiedBillable / specific H90.AConductive and sensorineural hearing loss with restricted hearing on the contralateral sideCategory · further specificity required

Related codes

Official titles and instructions are preserved in their source language. Official sources ↗

References from other codes (4)

F80.4 · Speech and language development delay due to hearing loss

Code also · type of hearing loss (H90.-, H91.-)

H91 · Other and unspecified hearing loss

Excludes 1 · hearing loss as classified in H90.-

Q16 · Congenital malformations of ear causing impairment of hearing

Excludes 1 · congenital deafness (H90.-)

Z82.2 · Family history of deafness and hearing loss

Inclusion terms · Conditions classifiable to H90-H91