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Diseases of the ear and mastoid process (H60-H95)

Note:: Use an external cause code following the code for the ear condition, if applicable, to identify the cause of the ear condition

Excludes 2:: 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)

Other disorders of ear (H90-H94)

H90

Conductive and sensorineural hearing loss [+]

Excludes 1:

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-)

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
Conductive deafness NOS

H90.3

Sensorineural hearing loss, bilateral

H90.4

Sensorineural hearing loss, unilateral with unrestricted hearing on the contralateral side [+]

H90.5

Unspecified sensorineural hearing loss
Central hearing loss NOS
Congenital deafness NOS
Neural hearing loss NOS
Perceptive hearing loss NOS
Sensorineural deafness NOS
Sensory hearing loss NOS

Excludes 1:

abnormal auditory perception (H93.2-)
psychogenic deafness (F44.6)

H90.6

Mixed conductive and sensorineural hearing loss, bilateral

H90.7

Mixed conductive and sensorineural hearing loss, unilateral with unrestricted hearing on the contralateral side [+]

H90.8

Mixed conductive and sensorineural hearing loss, unspecified

H90.A

Conductive and sensorineural hearing loss with restricted hearing on the contralateral side [+]

H90.A1

Conductive hearing loss, unilateral, with restricted hearing on the contralateral side [+]

H90.A2

Sensorineural hearing loss, unilateral, with restricted hearing on the contralateral side [+]

H90.A3

Mixed conductive and sensorineural hearing loss, unilateral with restricted hearing on the contralateral side [+]

H91

Other and unspecified hearing loss [+]

Excludes 1:

abnormal auditory perception (H93.2-)
hearing loss as classified in H90.-
impacted cerumen (H61.2-)
noise-induced hearing loss (H83.3-)
psychogenic deafness (F44.6)
transient ischemic deafness (H93.01-)

H91.0

Ototoxic hearing loss [+]

Code first	poisoning due to drug or toxin, if applicable (T36-T65 with fifth or sixth character 1-4)
Use additional	code for adverse effect, if applicable, to identify drug (T36-T50 with fifth or sixth character 5)

H91.1

Presbycusis [+]
Presbyacusia

H91.2

Sudden idiopathic hearing loss [+]
Sudden hearing loss NOS

H91.3

Deaf nonspeaking, not elsewhere classified

H91.8

Other specified hearing loss [+]

H91.9

Unspecified hearing loss [+]
Deafness NOS
High frequency deafness
Low frequency deafness

H92

Otalgia and effusion of ear [+]

H92.0

Otalgia [+]

H92.1

Otorrhea [+]

Excludes 1:

leakage of cerebrospinal fluid through ear (G96.0)

H92.2

Otorrhagia [+]

Excludes 1:

traumatic otorrhagia - code to injury

H93

Other disorders of ear, not elsewhere classified [+]

H93.0

Degenerative and vascular disorders of ear [+]

Excludes 1:

presbycusis (H91.1)

H93.01

Transient ischemic deafness [+]

H93.09

Unspecified degenerative and vascular disorders of ear [+]

H93.1

Tinnitus [+]

H93.A

Pulsatile tinnitus [+]

H93.2

Other abnormal auditory perceptions [+]

Excludes 2:

auditory hallucinations (R44.0)

H93.21

Auditory recruitment [+]

H93.22

Diplacusis [+]

H93.23

Hyperacusis [+]

H93.24

Temporary auditory threshold shift [+]

H93.25

Central auditory processing disorder
Congenital auditory imperception
Word deafness

Excludes 1:

mixed receptive-expressive language disorder (F80.2)

H93.29

Other abnormal auditory perceptions [+]

H93.3

Disorders of acoustic nerve [+]
Disorder of 8th cranial nerve

Excludes 1:

acoustic neuroma (D33.3)
syphilitic acoustic neuritis (A52.15)

H93.8

Other specified disorders of ear [+]

H93.9

Unspecified disorder of ear [+]

H94

Other disorders of ear in diseases classified elsewhere [+]

H94.0

Acoustic neuritis in infectious and parasitic diseases classified elsewhere [+]

Code first	underlying disease, such as: parasitic disease (B65-B89)
Excludes 1:	acoustic neuritis (in): herpes zoster (B02.29) syphilis (A52.15)

H94.8

Other specified disorders of ear in diseases classified elsewhere [+]

Code first	underlying disease, such as: congenital syphilis (A50.0)
Excludes 1:	aural myiasis (B87.4) syphilitic labyrinthitis (A52.79)