Alphabetic Index FY2027

H90

Conductive and sensorineural hearing loss

FY2027Chapter 8: Diseases of the ear and mastoid process/H90–H94 Other disorders of ear

Non-billable headerNot valid on its own. Use one of the more specific codes under it.

H90 is a non-billable ICD-10-CM code category for conductive and sensorineural hearing loss. Report a more specific code from it instead. It is part of the FY2027 code set, effective October 1, 2026. The more specific codes under it are H90.0 Conductive hearing loss, bilateral; H90.1 Conductive hearing loss, unilateral with unrestricted hearing on the contralateral side; H90.2 Conductive hearing loss, unspecified; H90.3 Sensorineural hearing loss, bilateral and 6 more. Its coding notes include 6 Excludes1 entries and 8 Excludes2 entries.

Excludes1

Not coded here. The listed conditions generally should not be reported together.

This code
  • 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-)

Excludes2

Not included here. Both codes may be reported if the patient has both conditions.

Also from chapter/block level (8 notes)
Inherited from Chapter 8 Diseases of the ear and mastoid process
  • 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)

Notes

Also from chapter/block level (1 note)
Inherited from Chapter 8 Diseases of the ear and mastoid process
  • 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 under H90 10