H90.A2

H90.A2: Sensorineural hearing loss, unilateral, with restricted hearing on the contralateral side

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

H90.A2 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for sensorineural hearing loss, unilateral, with restricted hearing on the contralateral side. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above H90.A2

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.A2

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.

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Code to one of these instead H90.A2

2 child codes. Green means billable.