H90.5

Unspecified sensorineural hearing loss

Billable / specific

H90.5 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes in FY2027.

Inclusion terms

Applicable to

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

Includes (from H90)

  • Note: Use an external cause code following the code for the ear condition, if applicable, to identify the cause of the ear condition

Excludes1

Not coded here — never report together with this code.

  • abnormal auditory perception (H93.2-)
  • psychogenic deafness (F44.6)
  • deaf nonspeaking NEC (H91.3) (from H90)
  • deafness NOS (H91.9-) (from H90)
  • hearing loss NOS (H91.9-) (from H90)
  • noise-induced hearing loss (H83.3-) (from H90)
  • ototoxic hearing loss (H91.0-) (from H90)
  • sudden (idiopathic) hearing loss (H91.2-) (from H90)

Excludes2

Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.

  • certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96) (from H90)
  • certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99) (from H90)
  • complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A) (from H90)
  • congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99) (from H90)
  • endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88) (from H90)
  • injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88) (from H90)
  • neoplasms (C00-D49) (from H90)
  • symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94) (from H90)

Also known as

  • Central hearing loss NOS
  • Congenital deafness NOS
  • Neural hearing loss NOS
  • Perceptive hearing loss NOS
  • Sensorineural deafness NOS
  • Sensory hearing loss NOS
  • Deafness, congenital
  • Deafness, sensorineural
  • Loss, hearing, central NOS
  • Loss, hearing, neural NOS
  • Loss, hearing, perceptive NOS
  • Loss, hearing, sensorineural NOS
  • Loss, hearing, sensory NOS

Parent code

  • H90Conductive and sensorineural hearing lossHeader

Related codes

  • H90.0Conductive hearing loss, bilateralBillable
  • H90.1Conductive hearing loss, unilateral with unrestricted hearing on the contralateral sideHeader
  • H90.2Conductive hearing loss, unspecifiedBillable
  • H90.3Sensorineural hearing loss, bilateralBillable
  • H90.4Sensorineural hearing loss, unilateral with unrestricted hearing on the contralateral sideHeader
  • H90.6Mixed conductive and sensorineural hearing loss, bilateralBillable
  • H90.7Mixed conductive and sensorineural hearing loss, unilateral with unrestricted hearing on the contralateral sideHeader
  • H90.8Mixed conductive and sensorineural hearing loss, unspecifiedBillable
  • H90.AConductive and sensorineural hearing loss with restricted hearing on the contralateral sideHeader

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