Alphabetic Index FY2027

H93.25

Central auditory processing disorder

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

BillableComplete code, valid to report
Care settingsHome Health Primary · MMTA - OtherIPF Primary · MS-DRG 886

H93.25 (also written H9325) is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for central auditory processing disorder. It is part of the FY2027 code set, effective October 1, 2026. It is one of the 49 codes in category H93 (Other disorders of ear, not elsewhere classified). The Alphabetic Index lists it under 6 entries. Its coding notes include 1 Excludes1 entry and 9 Excludes2 entries.

Excludes1

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

This code
  • mixed receptive-expressive language disorder (F80.2)

Excludes2

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

Inherited from H93.2 Other abnormal auditory perceptions
  • auditory hallucinations (R44.0)
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)

Care settings

How CMS programs treat this code. These are CMS claim edits and list entries, not coverage or eligibility rules.

Home Health Primary

Accepted as the primary (principal) diagnosis on a home health claim. The Home Health Grouper assigns it to the MMTA - Other clinical group.

Source: CMS Home Health Grouper Software v07.2.26, effective October 1, 2026

IPF Primary

IPF MS-DRG adjustment. A principal diagnosis of this code groups to this MS-DRG:

MS-DRGDescriptionFactor
886Behavioral & developmental disorders1.07
A principal diagnosis that groups to none of the 19 designated MS-DRGs gets no MS-DRG adjustment. Otherwise the claim still receives the federal per diem base rate and the other adjustments.

Source: CMS IPF PPS FY 2027 final rule (CMS-1847-F), Addendum A; code lists from the CMS MS-DRG Definitions Manual v44; effective for discharges on or after October 1, 2026

Inclusion terms

Conditions classified to this code.

This code
  • Congenital auditory imperception
  • Word deafness

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. 6 entries