H91.9 Unspecified hearing loss

Non-billable header with 4 child codes.

Applicable to

• Deafness NOS
• High frequency deafness
• Low frequency deafness

Applies from H91 Other and unspecified hearing loss

Excludes1 (never code together)

• 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-)

Codes under H91.9

• H91.90 Unspecified hearing loss, unspecified ear
• H91.91 Unspecified hearing loss, right ear
• H91.92 Unspecified hearing loss, left ear
• H91.93 Unspecified hearing loss, bilateral

Code annotations containing back-references to H91.9

Back-references to H91.9

• Type 1 Excludes: H90 Conductive and sensorineural hearing loss ("deafness NOS (H91.9-)")
• Type 1 Excludes: H90 Conductive and sensorineural hearing loss ("hearing loss NOS (H91.9-)")

Back-references to H91

• Code Also: F80.4 Speech and language development delay due to hearing loss ("type of hearing loss (H90.-, H91.-)")

Diagnosis Index entries for H91.9

• Deafness (acquired) (complete) (hereditary) (partial)
• Deafness (acquired) (complete) (hereditary) (partial) › high frequency
• Deafness (acquired) (complete) (hereditary) (partial) › low frequency

Nearby codes

• H91.8X Other specified hearing loss
• H91.8X1 Other specified hearing loss, right ear
• H91.8X2 Other specified hearing loss, left ear
• H91.8X3 Other specified hearing loss, bilateral
• H91.8X9 Other specified hearing loss, unspecified ear
• H91.9 Unspecified hearing loss (this code)
• H91.90 Unspecified hearing loss, unspecified ear
• H91.91 Unspecified hearing loss, right ear
• H91.92 Unspecified hearing loss, left ear
• H91.93 Unspecified hearing loss, bilateral