ICD-10-CM · Chapter 8 · H60–H95
H90.5
Unspecified sensorineural hearing loss
Diseases of the ear and mastoid process
Quick facts
- Code
- H90.5
- Type
- Billable code
- ICD-10-CM chapter
- Chapter 8 — Diseases of the ear and mastoid process
- Category
- H90 — Conductive and sensorineural hearing loss
- Specificity
- 4 characters
How coders use this code
ICD-10-CM H90.5 is a billable, fully specified code, so it can be reported directly on a claim to document a diagnosis of unspecified sensorineural hearing loss. Coders assign it when the chart documentation supports this level of detail, always matching to the most specific code available and verifying against the chapter-specific guidelines published annually by NCHS/CMS.
Related codes in H90
- H90Conductive and sensorineural hearing loss
- H90.0Conductive hearing loss, bilateral
- H90.1Conductive hearing loss, unilateral with unrestricted hearing on the contralateral side
- H90.11Conductive hearing loss, unilateral, right ear, with unrestricted hearing on the contralateral side
- H90.12Conductive hearing loss, unilateral, left ear, with unrestricted hearing on the contralateral side
- H90.2Conductive hearing loss, unspecified
- H90.3Sensorineural hearing loss, bilateral
- H90.4Sensorineural hearing loss, unilateral with unrestricted hearing on the contralateral side
- H90.41Sensorineural hearing loss, unilateral, right ear, with unrestricted hearing on the contralateral side
- H90.42Sensorineural hearing loss, unilateral, left ear, with unrestricted hearing on the contralateral side
- H90.6Mixed conductive and sensorineural hearing loss, bilateral
- H90.7Mixed conductive and sensorineural hearing loss, unilateral with unrestricted hearing on the contralateral side
- H90.71Mixed conductive and sensorineural hearing loss, unilateral, right ear, with unrestricted hearing on the contralateral side
- H90.72Mixed conductive and sensorineural hearing loss, unilateral, left ear, with unrestricted hearing on the contralateral side
- H90.8Mixed conductive and sensorineural hearing loss, unspecified
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