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ICD-10-CM Code for Other specified hearing loss H91.8X

ICD-10 code H91.8X for Other specified hearing loss is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Diseases of the ear and mastoid process .

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Other specified hearing loss

H91

Excludes1: 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-)

 
H91.8X Other specified hearing loss
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Other specified hearing loss, right ear
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Other specified hearing loss, left ear
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Other specified hearing loss, bilateral
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Other specified hearing loss, unspecified ear

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