ICD-10-CM · Chapter 8 · H60–H95
H91.12
Presbycusis, left ear
Diseases of the ear and mastoid process
Quick facts
- Code
- H91.12
- Type
- Billable code
- ICD-10-CM chapter
- Chapter 8 — Diseases of the ear and mastoid process
- Category
- H91 — Other and unspecified hearing loss
- Specificity
- 5 characters
How coders use this code
ICD-10-CM H91.12 is a billable, fully specified code, so it can be reported directly on a claim to document a diagnosis of presbycusis, left ear. 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 H91
- H91Other and unspecified hearing loss
- H91.0Ototoxic hearing loss
- H91.01Ototoxic hearing loss, right ear
- H91.02Ototoxic hearing loss, left ear
- H91.03Ototoxic hearing loss, bilateral
- H91.09Ototoxic hearing loss, unspecified ear
- H91.1Presbycusis
- H91.10Presbycusis, unspecified ear
- H91.11Presbycusis, right ear
- H91.13Presbycusis, bilateral
- H91.2Sudden idiopathic hearing loss
- H91.20Sudden idiopathic hearing loss, unspecified ear
- H91.21Sudden idiopathic hearing loss, right ear
- H91.22Sudden idiopathic hearing loss, left ear
- H91.23Sudden idiopathic hearing loss, bilateral
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