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H90.5

Billable

Unspecified sensorineural hearing loss

This code does not map to an HCC category in any model (V28, V24, ESRD, RxHCC).

What This Code Means

Hearing loss caused by inner ear or hearing nerve damage, but the specific ear(s) affected or severity is not specified.

Coding Tips

  • •Use this code only when laterality (which ear) and severity cannot be determined from the documentation.
  • •Attempt to obtain laterality information; more specific codes (H90.3, H90.41, H90.42) are preferred when possible.

Excludes 1 — Do NOT code together

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

Code Hierarchy

└H90Conductive and sensorineural hearing loss└H90.5Unspecified sensorineural hearing loss
└H90.5Unspecified sensorineural hearing loss

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