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H91.8

H91.8: Other specified hearing loss

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

H91.8 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for other specified hearing loss. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above H91.8

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-)

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 H91.8

1 child code. Green means billable.

Other codes under H91

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

Loaded directly from the CMS/NCHS ICD-10-CM public-domain release: see data sources and our editorial policy. If this page disagrees with the CMS tabular list, this page is wrong. Reference information for professional coders; not medical or billing advice.