H91.0 — Ototoxic hearing loss
H91.0 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for ototoxic hearing loss. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
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The underlying condition must be sequenced before this code.
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Other codes that can never be billed with H91.0
These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at H91.0. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading H91.0 alone.
- H90Conductive and sensorineural hearing loss
Risk adjustment
H91.0 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.
Code to one of these instead H91.0
4 child codes. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share H91. If H91.0 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about H91.0
- Is H91.0 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. H91.0 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does H91.0 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the ear and mastoid process (H60-H95), in the block Other disorders of ear (H90-H94).