H91.0

H91.0: Ototoxic hearing loss

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

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.

Code first

The underlying condition must be sequenced before this code.

poisoning due to drug or toxin, if applicable (T36-T65 with fifth or sixth character 1-4)

Use additional code

Add a secondary code to capture the detail described below.

code for adverse effect, if applicable, to identify drug (T36-T50 with fifth or sixth character 5)

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above H91.0

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on H91: Other and unspecified hearing loss

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 H91.0

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

H90Conductive and sensorineural hearing loss

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 H91.0

4 child codes. Green means billable.