H93.21

H93.21: Auditory recruitment

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

H93.21 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for auditory recruitment. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above H93.21

Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.

Written on H93.2: Other abnormal auditory perceptions

auditory hallucinations (R44.0)

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 H93.21

4 child codes. Green means billable.

H93.211Auditory recruitment, right ear
H93.212Auditory recruitment, left ear
H93.213Auditory recruitment, bilateral
H93.219Auditory recruitment, unspecified ear

Other codes under H93.2

H93.22Diplacusis
H93.23Hyperacusis
H93.24Temporary auditory threshold shift
H93.25Central auditory processing disorder
H93.29Other abnormal auditory perceptions