H93.A — Pulsatile tinnitus
Is H93.A billable?
No — H93.A is a non-billable header code. H93.A 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 4 billable codes beneath H93.A.
H93.A at a glance
| Code | H93.A |
|---|---|
| Description | Pulsatile tinnitus |
| Billable | No — header code |
| Code set | ICD-10-CM FY2027 |
| Valid for encounters | October 1, 2026 – September 30, 2027 |
How is H93.A listed in the Alphabetic Index?
These are the routes through the Alphabetic Index that lead to H93.A. They show the wording a clinician may have documented, which often differs from the Tabular description.
- Tinnitus NOS › pulsatile
Excludes2 — not included here — inherited from Chapter 8
The conditions below are not part of H93.A, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, H93.A 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 H93.A? (4)
How long has H93.A existed?
H93.A first appears in FY2018 (FY2017 is not available, so it may have appeared then).
Derived from the official order files for FY2016–FY2026. FY2017 and FY2020 publish no order file, so those years are not covered.