Alphabetic Index FY2027

H93.09

Unspecified degenerative and vascular disorders of ear

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.

H93.09 is a non-billable ICD-10-CM code header for unspecified degenerative and vascular disorders of ear. 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 H93.091 Unspecified degenerative and vascular disorders of right ear; H93.092 Unspecified degenerative and vascular disorders of left ear; H93.093 Unspecified degenerative and vascular disorders of ear, bilateral and H93.099 Unspecified degenerative and vascular disorders of unspecified ear. Its coding notes include 1 Excludes1 entry and 8 Excludes2 entries.

Excludes1

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

Inherited from H93.0 Degenerative and vascular disorders of ear

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

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More specific codes under H93.09 4