H81 — Disorders of vestibular function
Is H81 billable?
No — H81 is a non-billable header code. H81 groups more specific codes and cannot be submitted on a claim. A valid ICD-10-CM code must be reported at the highest level of specificity available in its branch. Select one of the 29 billable codes beneath H81.
Billable codes under this header
- H81.4Vertigo of central origin
- H81.01Meniere's disease, right ear
- H81.02Meniere's disease, left ear
- H81.03Meniere's disease, bilateral
- H81.09Meniere's disease, unspecified ear
- H81.10Benign paroxysmal vertigo, unspecified ear
- H81.11Benign paroxysmal vertigo, right ear
- H81.12Benign paroxysmal vertigo, left ear
- H81.13Benign paroxysmal vertigo, bilateral
- H81.20Vestibular neuronitis, unspecified ear
- H81.21Vestibular neuronitis, right ear
- H81.22Vestibular neuronitis, left ear
- H81.23Vestibular neuronitis, bilateral
- H81.90Unspecified disorder of vestibular function, unspecified ear
- H81.91Unspecified disorder of vestibular function, right ear
- H81.92Unspecified disorder of vestibular function, left ear
- H81.93Unspecified disorder of vestibular function, bilateral
- H81.311Aural vertigo, right ear
- H81.312Aural vertigo, left ear
- H81.313Aural vertigo, bilateral
- H81.319Aural vertigo, unspecified ear
- H81.391Other peripheral vertigo, right ear
- H81.392Other peripheral vertigo, left ear
- H81.393Other peripheral vertigo, bilateral
- H81.399Other peripheral vertigo, unspecified ear
- H81.8X1Other disorders of vestibular function, right ear
- H81.8X2Other disorders of vestibular function, left ear
- H81.8X3Other disorders of vestibular function, bilateral
- H81.8X9Other disorders of vestibular function, unspecified ear
H81 at a glance
| Code | H81 |
|---|---|
| Description | Disorders of vestibular function |
| Billable | No — header code |
| Code set | ICD-10-CM FY2027 |
| Valid for encounters | October 1, 2026 – September 30, 2027 |
Excludes1 — never code together
The conditions below can never be reported together with H81 on the same claim. An Excludes1 note means the two conditions cannot occur in the same patient, so reporting both is a coding error.
Excludes2 — not included here — inherited from Chapter 8
The conditions below are not part of H81, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, H81 and the excluded code may both be reported.
- 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)
What codes fall under H81? (7)
- H81.0Meniere's diseasenot billable
- H81.1Benign paroxysmal vertigonot billable
- H81.2Vestibular neuronitisnot billable
- H81.3Other peripheral vertigonot billable
- H81.4Vertigo of central origin
- H81.8Other disorders of vestibular functionnot billable
- H81.9Unspecified disorder of vestibular functionnot billable
How long has H81 existed?
H81 has been in ICD-10-CM since at least FY2016, the earliest fiscal year on record here.
Derived from the official order files for FY2016–FY2026. FY2017 and FY2020 publish no order file, so those years are not covered.
Which codes are confused with H81?
ICD-10-CM declares these codes mutually exclusive with H81 — exactly one of each pair can be correct for a given encounter.