H90.1

Conductive hearing loss, unilateral with unrestricted hearing on the contralateral side

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.

H90.1 is a non-billable ICD-10-CM code header for conductive hearing loss, unilateral with unrestricted hearing on the contralateral side. 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 H90.11 Conductive hearing loss, unilateral, right ear, with unrestricted hearing on the contralateral side and H90.12 Conductive hearing loss, unilateral, left ear, with unrestricted hearing on the contralateral side. Its coding notes include 6 Excludes1 entries and 8 Excludes2 entries.

Excludes1

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

Inherited from H90 Conductive and sensorineural hearing loss
  • 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

Alphabetic Index terms

Terms the official Alphabetic Index lists for this code. 2 entries

More specific codes under H90.1 2