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H81.1

H81.1: Benign paroxysmal vertigo

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

H81.1 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for benign paroxysmal vertigo. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above H81.1

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on H81: Disorders of vestibular function

  • epidemic vertigo (A88.1)
  • vertigo NOS (R42)

Other codes that can never be billed with H81.1

Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.

  • R42Dizziness and giddiness

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Code to one of these instead H81.1

4 child codes. Green means billable.

Other codes under H81

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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