H90.5

Billable

Unspecified sensorineural hearing loss

Unspecified sensorineural hearing loss

Status

Billable / Specific

Block

H90-H94

Parent Code

H90

Coding Notes

Inclusion Terms

Alternative clinical terms for this condition

  • Central hearing loss NOS
  • Congenital deafness NOS
  • Neural hearing loss NOS
  • Perceptive hearing loss NOS
  • Sensorineural deafness NOS
  • Sensory hearing loss NOS

Excludes 1

Codes that cannot be used together with this code (mutual exclusion)

  • deaf nonspeaking NEC (H91.3)
  • deafness NOS (H91.9-)
  • hearing loss NOS (H91.9-)
  • noise-induced hearing loss (H83.3-)
  • ototoxic hearing loss (H91.0-)
  • sudden (idiopathic) hearing loss (H91.2-)
  • abnormal auditory perception (H93.2-)
  • psychogenic deafness (F44.6)

Excludes 2

Conditions not included here, but the patient may have both

  • certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
  • certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
  • complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
  • congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
  • endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
  • injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
  • neoplasms (C00-D49)
  • symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)

Also Known As / Clinical Terms

SNOMED CT

UMLS

Frequently Asked Questions

What is ICD-10 code H90.5?

ICD-10-CM code H90.5 represents "Unspecified sensorineural hearing loss". It is a billable/specific code that can be used on a claim.

Is H90.5 a billable code?

Yes, H90.5 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code and can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a medical claim.

What chapter is H90.5 in?

H90.5 is in Chapter 8: Diseases of the Ear and Mastoid Process (codes H60-H95).

What codes cannot be used with H90.5?

H90.5 has Excludes1 notes indicating codes that cannot be used together with it, including: deaf nonspeaking NEC (H91.3); deafness NOS (H91.9-); hearing loss NOS (H91.9-); and 5 more.

What SNOMED CT codes does H90.5 map to?

H90.5 maps to 197 SNOMED CT concepts: 239059004, 6002006, 297233004, 711409002, 236532003, and 192 more. SNOMED CT is a clinical terminology used in electronic health records.

What are the UMLS CUIs for H90.5?

H90.5 is linked to 5 UMLS Concept Unique Identifiers: C0018776, C1691779, C0155550, C0339789, C0018784. The UMLS (Unified Medical Language System) integrates multiple biomedical vocabularies maintained by the U.S. National Library of Medicine.

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Includes SNOMED Clinical Terms® (SNOMED CT®) used by permission of SNOMED International. Includes content from the UMLS Metathesaurus, courtesy of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.