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.
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Other codes that can never be billed with H90.3
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Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
H90.3 is named in 11 Medicare coverage policies: 11 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- 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
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Deafness›sensorineural›bilateral
- Loss›hearing›sensorineural NOS›bilateral
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Other codes under H90
- H90.0Conductive hearing loss, bilateral
- H90.1Conductive hearing loss, unilateral with unrestricted hearing on the contralateral side
- H90.2Conductive hearing loss, unspecified
- H90.4Sensorineural hearing loss, unilateral with unrestricted hearing on the contralateral side
- H90.5Unspecified sensorineural hearing loss
- H90.6Mixed conductive and sensorineural hearing loss, bilateral
- H90.7Mixed conductive and sensorineural hearing loss, unilateral with unrestricted hearing on the contralateral side
- H90.8Mixed conductive and sensorineural hearing loss, unspecified
- H90.AConductive and sensorineural hearing loss with restricted hearing on the contralateral side