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H91

H91: Other and unspecified hearing loss

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

H91 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for other and unspecified hearing loss. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Excludes1: never code together

These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.

  • abnormal auditory perception (H93.2-)
  • hearing loss as classified in H90.-
  • impacted cerumen (H61.2-)
  • noise-induced hearing loss (H83.3-)
  • psychogenic deafness (F44.6)
  • transient ischemic deafness (H93.01-)

Other codes that can never be billed with H91

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

  • H90Conductive and sensorineural hearing loss
  • H93.0Degenerative and vascular disorders of ear

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 H91

6 child codes. Green means billable.

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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