H90 — Conductive and sensorineural hearing loss
Is H90 billable?
No — H90 is a non-billable header code. H90 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 18 billable codes beneath H90.
Billable codes under this header
- H90.0Conductive hearing loss, bilateral
- H90.2Conductive hearing loss, unspecified
- H90.3Sensorineural hearing loss, bilateral
- H90.5Unspecified sensorineural hearing loss
- H90.6Mixed conductive and sensorineural hearing loss, bilateral
- H90.8Mixed conductive and sensorineural hearing loss, unspecified
- H90.11Conductive hearing loss, unilateral, right ear, with unrestricted hearing on the contralateral side
- H90.12Conductive hearing loss, unilateral, left ear, with unrestricted hearing on the contralateral side
- H90.41Sensorineural hearing loss, unilateral, right ear, with unrestricted hearing on the contralateral side
- H90.42Sensorineural hearing loss, unilateral, left ear, with unrestricted hearing on the contralateral side
- H90.71Mixed conductive and sensorineural hearing loss, unilateral, right ear, with unrestricted hearing on the contralateral side
- H90.72Mixed conductive and sensorineural hearing loss, unilateral, left ear, with unrestricted hearing on the contralateral side
- H90.A11Conductive hearing loss, unilateral, right ear with restricted hearing on the contralateral side
- H90.A12Conductive hearing loss, unilateral, left ear with restricted hearing on the contralateral side
- H90.A21Sensorineural hearing loss, unilateral, right ear, with restricted hearing on the contralateral side
- H90.A22Sensorineural hearing loss, unilateral, left ear, with restricted hearing on the contralateral side
- H90.A31Mixed conductive and sensorineural hearing loss, unilateral, right ear with restricted hearing on the contralateral side
- H90.A32Mixed conductive and sensorineural hearing loss, unilateral, left ear with restricted hearing on the contralateral side
H90 at a glance
| Code | H90 |
|---|---|
| Description | Conductive and sensorineural hearing loss |
| 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 H90 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 H90, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, H90 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 H90? (10)
- H90.0Conductive hearing loss, bilateral
- H90.1Conductive hearing loss, unilateral with unrestricted hearing on the contralateral sidenot billable
- H90.2Conductive hearing loss, unspecified
- H90.3Sensorineural hearing loss, bilateral
- H90.4Sensorineural hearing loss, unilateral with unrestricted hearing on the contralateral sidenot billable
- H90.5Unspecified sensorineural hearing loss
- H90.6Mixed conductive and sensorineural hearing loss, bilateral
- H90.7Mixed conductive and sensorineural hearing loss, unilateral with unrestricted hearing on the contralateral sidenot billable
- H90.8Mixed conductive and sensorineural hearing loss, unspecified
- H90.AConductive and sensorineural hearing loss with restricted hearing on the contralateral sidenot billable
How long has H90 existed?
H90 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 H90?
ICD-10-CM declares these codes mutually exclusive with H90 — exactly one of each pair can be correct for a given encounter.