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ICD-10:

Stick With a Single Code for Unspecified Sensorineural Hearing Loss

Published on Wed Apr 13, 2016

The updated descriptor is basically the same. One diagnosis that hasn’t had much change in the shift from ICD-9 to ICD-10 is unspecified sensorineural hearing loss. The ICD-19 code of 389.10 (Sensorineural hearing loss, unspecified) has changed to H90.5 (Unspecified sensorineural hearing loss). Documentation: It might be appropriate to report H90.5 when you see the following symptoms noted by your [...]
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