Is H90.3 a billable ICD-10-CM code?

Yes. H90.3 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.

Where does H90.3 sit in the tabular list?

Diseases of the ear and mastoid process (H60-H95), in the block Other disorders of ear (H90-H94).

H90.3

H90.3 — Sensorineural hearing loss, bilateral

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMbilateral

H90.3 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for sensorineural hearing loss, bilateral. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Risk adjustment

H90.3 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.

Medicare coverage

H90.3 is named in 19 Medicare coverage policies — 19 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which of them applies to you depends on your Medicare contractor, and coverage genuinely differs by state.

A52866Billing and Coding: Speech-Language Pathology
A53052Billing and Coding: Home Health Speech-Language Pathology
A54111Billing and Coding: Speech Language Pathology (SLP) Services: Communication Disorders
A56497Billing and Coding: Vestibular Function Testing

How H90.3 is indexed

Coders do not find codes by browsing the tabular list — they look them up in the alphabetic index, under the word the physician wrote. These are the index entries that lead here, so you can see which chart wordings map to H90.3.

Deafness›sensorineural›bilateral
Loss›hearing›sensorineural NOS›bilateral

Related codes at this level

Codes that share H90. If H90.3 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.

Questions about H90.3

Is H90.3 a billable ICD-10-CM code?: Yes. H90.3 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
Where does H90.3 sit in the tabular list?: Diseases of the ear and mastoid process (H60-H95), in the block Other disorders of ear (H90-H94).