H90.11

What This Code Means

This code describes hearing loss in the right ear caused by problems with sound transmission through the ear canal or middle ear (such as fluid buildup or eardrum damage), while the left ear has normal hearing. The person can hear normally on the unaffected side.

Coding Tips

• •Verify documentation specifies the hearing loss is conductive (not sensorineural) and confirm it affects only the right ear with normal contralateral hearing before assigning this code
• •This code includes the laterality (right ear) and the status of the other ear, so do not assign additional codes for the left ear unless there is documented hearing loss on that side as well