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H90

Non-billable

Conductive and sensorineural hearing loss

Chapter 8: Diseases of the ear and mastoid process

Coding Guidance

H90 should not be used for reimbursement purposes as there are more specific codes below it that contain a greater level of detail. See Related Codes to drill down to more specific billable codes for appropriate reimbursement.

Additional Information

From parent codes: H00-H59 (Chapter 7)

Excludes 2 — Not Included HereFrom H00-H59

Excludes2 means 'NOT INCLUDED HERE!' An Excludes2 note indicates that the condition excluded is not part of the condition represented by the code, but a patient may have both conditions at the same time.

  • 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)
  • diabetes mellitus related eye conditions (E09.3-, E10.3-, E11.3-, E13.3-)
  • endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
  • injury (trauma) of eye and orbit (S05.-)
  • 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)
  • syphilis related eye disorders (A50.01, A50.3-, A51.43, A52.71)
NotesFrom H00-H59

Additional notes from parent codes that apply to this code.

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

More Specific Codes (10)

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→