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ICD-10-CM Code for Ototoxic hearing loss, unspecified ear H91.09

ICD-10 code H91.09 for Ototoxic hearing loss, unspecified ear is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Diseases of the ear and mastoid process .

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Ototoxic hearing loss, unspecified ear

H91.0

Code first poisoning due to drug or toxin, if applicable (T36-T65 with fifth or sixth character 1-4)

Use additional code for adverse effect, if applicable, to identify drug (T36-T50 with fifth or sixth character 5)

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-)

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