ICD-10-CM Code H90.1
Conductive hearing loss, unilateral with unrestricted hearing on the contralateral side
Non-Billable Code
Non-Billable means the code is not sufficient justification for admission to an acute care hospital when used a principal diagnosis. Use a child code to capture more detail.ICD Code H90.1 is a non-billable code. To code a diagnosis of this type, you must use one of the two child codes of H90.1 that describes the diagnosis 'conductive hear loss, uni w unrestricted hear cntra side' in more detail.
- H90.1 Conductive hearing loss, unilateral with unrestricted hearing on the contralateral side NON-BILLABLE
The ICD code H901 is used to code Conductive hearing loss
Conductive hearing loss occurs when there is a problem conducting sound waves anywhere along the route through the outer ear, tympanic membrane (eardrum), or middle ear (ossicles). This type of hearing loss may occur in conjunction with sensorineural hearing loss (mixed hearing loss) or alone.
| Specialty: | Otolaryngology |
| MeSH Code: | D006314 |
| ICD 9 Code: | 389.0 |
Anatomy of the human ear.
ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index References for 'H90.1 - Conductive hearing loss, unilateral with unrestricted hearing on the contralateral side'
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Parent Code: H90 - Conductive and sensorineural hearing loss