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H90.5 - Unspecified sensorineural hearing loss


The ICD 10 Code for Unspecified sensorineural hearing loss is listed as H90.5.
Additional information concerning this code and description can be found below including ICD 9 crosswalks / GEMS, chapter information, and DRGs where available.

ICD 10 CM Field Value
Diagnosis Code: H90.5
Description: Unspecified sensorineural hearing loss
  • Central hearing loss NOS
  • Congenital deafness NOS
  • Neural hearing loss NOS
  • Perceptive hearing loss NOS
  • Sensorineural deafness NOS
  • Sensory hearing loss NOS
  • Excludes1: abnormal auditory perception (H93.2-)
  • psychogenic deafness (F44.6)
Diagnostic Related Groups
(MS-DRG v30.0)
154 - Other Ear, Nose, Mouth & Throat Diagnoses W Mcc
155 - Other Ear, Nose, Mouth & Throat Diagnoses W Cc
156 - Other Ear, Nose, Mouth & Throat Diagnoses W/o Cc/mcc
Chapter Diseases of the ear and mastoid process (H60-H95)
Block Other disorders of ear (H90-H94)
Parent H90 - Conductive and sensorineural hearing loss
ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD 9 Dx Code: 389.10 - Sensorineural hearing loss, unspecified (approximate)
ICD 9 Dx Code: 389.14 - Central hearing loss (approximate)
ICD 9 Dx Code: 389.16 - Sensorineural hearing loss, asymmetrical (approximate)
ICD-10-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of H90.5:
H90.0 - Conductive hearing loss, bilateral
H90.1 - Conductive hearing loss, unilateral with unrestricted hearing on the contralateral side
H90.2 - Conductive hearing loss, unspecified
H90.3 - Sensorineural hearing loss, bilateral
H90.4 - Sensorineural hearing loss, unilateral with unrestricted hearing on the contralateral side
H90.6 - Mixed conductive and sensorineural hearing loss, bilateral
H90.7 - Mixed conductive and sensorineural hearing loss, unilateral with unrestricted hearing on the contralateral side
H90.8 - Mixed conductive and sensorineural hearing loss, unspecified