H93.9

Clinical Information

• Disorders of the external, middle, or inner ear. Use hearing disorders for pathology involving auditory neural pathways beyond the inner ear.

• Impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioning in the sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.

• Pathological processes of the ear, the hearing, and the equilibrium system of the body.

• Your ear has three main parts: outer, middle and inner. You use all of them in hearing. Sound waves come in through your outer ear. They reach your middle ear, where they make your eardrum vibrate. The vibrations are transmitted through three tiny bones, called ossicles, in your middle ear. The vibrations travel to your inner ear, a snail-shaped organ. The inner ear makes the nerve impulses that are sent to the brain. Your brain recognizes them as sounds. The inner ear also controls balance.a variety of conditions may affect your hearing or balance:

Details

• H93.9 should not be used for reimbursement purposes as there are multiple codes below it that contain a greater level of detail.

• The 2023 edition of ICD-10-CM H93.9 became effective on October 1, 2022.

• This is the American ICD-10-CM version of H93.9 – other international versions of ICD-10 H93.9 may differ.