H91.02

Ototoxic hearing loss, left ear

Billable FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30

Exclusions 14 never code together

H91code

Excludes1

abnormal auditory perception (H93.2-)H93.2-
hearing loss as classified in H90.-H90.-
impacted cerumen (H61.2-)H61.2-
noise-induced hearing loss (H83.3-)H83.3-
psychogenic deafness (F44.6)F44.6
transient ischemic deafness (H93.01-)H93.01-

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Excludes2

certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)P04-P96
certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)A00-B99
complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)O00-O9A
congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)Q00-Q99
endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)E00-E88
injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)S00-T88
neoplasms (C00-D49)C00-D49
symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)R00-R94

Excludes1 — never code together. The excluded condition and this one are mutually exclusive.

Excludes2 — not included here, but the patient may have both. Code both when documented.

Instructional notes 3

H91.0code

Code first

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

Use additional code

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

H60-H95chapter

Notes

Use an external cause code following the code for the ear condition, if applicable, to identify the cause of the ear condition

Index entries leading here filed at null

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Alongside this code 3 same parent — H91.0

H91.01 Ototoxic hearing loss, right ear H91.03 Ototoxic hearing loss, bilateral H91.09 Ototoxic hearing loss, unspecified ear

Medications 1

3 Hearing Loss drugs

MED-RT files conditions by MeSH, which carves the world differently from ICD-10. These are name matches on this code's description, offered as candidates — not as an assertion that they are this code.

Additional references

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Risk adjustment

Maps to no condition category in any loaded model.

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This code

Billable: yes
Code set: FY2026
Parent: H91.0
Block: H90-H94
Siblings: 3

Present FY2024–FY2027.