H91.1

Presbycusis

Not billable — category only 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-

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 2

Inclusion terms

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 1

Alongside this code 5 same parent — H91

Subordinate codes 4

Additional references

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Official coding advice for this code. Published by the American Hospital Association. Not included in this installation.

Maps to no condition category in any loaded model.

Presence is a property of the code. Untick a model to hide it everywhere.

Present FY2024–FY2027.