H90.2

Applicable To

• Conductive deafness NOS

Approximate Synonyms

• Conductive hearing loss

• Conductive hearing loss, middle ear

• Left middle ear conductive hearing loss

• Middle ear conductive hearing loss

• Right conductive hearing loss due to disorder of middle ear

• Right middle ear conductive hearing loss

Clinical Information

• Hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer ear or middle ear. Conductive losses usually affect all frequencies to the same degree. These losses are not usually severe.

• Hearing loss due to interference with the mechanical reception or amplification of sound to the cochlea. The interference is in the outer or middle ear involving the ear canal; tympanic membrane; or ear ossicles.

• Involves lesions of the external and middle ear resulting in malconduction of airborne sound.

Details

• H90.2 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.

• The 2023 edition of ICD-10-CM H90.2 became effective on October 1, 2022.

• This is the American ICD-10-CM version of H90.2 – other international versions of ICD-10 H90.2 may differ.