H90.2

H90.2: Conductive hearing loss, unspecified

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

H90.2 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for conductive hearing loss, unspecified. It is valid for submission on a claim.

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Inclusion terms

Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.

Conductive deafness NOS

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above H90.2

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on H90: Conductive and sensorineural hearing loss

deaf nonspeaking NEC (H91.3)
deafness NOS (H91.9-)
hearing loss NOS (H91.9-)
noise-induced hearing loss (H83.3-)
ototoxic hearing loss (H91.0-)
sudden (idiopathic) hearing loss (H91.2-)

Other codes that can never be billed with H90.2

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

H91Other and unspecified hearing loss
Q16Congenital malformations of ear causing impairment of hearing

Risk adjustment

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

Medicare coverage

H90.2 is named in 6 Medicare coverage policies: 6 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

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