H91.0
Ototoxic hearing loss
H91.0 is a non-billable ICD-10-CM code header for ototoxic 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 H91.01 Ototoxic hearing loss, right ear; H91.02 Ototoxic hearing loss, left ear; H91.03 Ototoxic hearing loss, bilateral and H91.09 Ototoxic hearing loss, unspecified ear. Its coding notes include a Code first instruction, a Use additional code instruction, 6 Excludes1 entries and 8 Excludes2 entries.
Code first
If the underlying condition listed here is present and known, sequence it first.
- poisoning due to drug or toxin, if applicable (T36-T65 with fifth or sixth character 1-4)
Use additional code
Add the listed code as a secondary code, if known.
- code for adverse effect, if applicable, to identify drug (T36-T50 with fifth or sixth character 5)
Excludes1
Not coded here. The listed conditions generally should not be reported together.
Excludes2
Not included here. Both codes may be reported if the patient has both conditions.
Also from chapter/block level (8 notes)
- 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)
- 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. 1 entry