H93.0
Header — not billableDegenerative and vascular disorders of ear
The ICD-10 code for degenerative and vascular disorders of ear is H93.0.
H93.0 is a non-billable header code. It groups related conditions but cannot be used on its own for reimbursement — select one of the 2 more specific codes below.
Clinical notes
Excludes1 (not coded here)
An Excludes1 note is a pure exclusion: the excluded condition and this code should never be reported together, because the two conditions cannot occur at the same time (e.g. a congenital form vs. an acquired form of the same disease).
- presbycusis (H91.1)
Documentation support
General coding-documentation guidance — not a substitute for payer-specific requirements or professional coding judgment.
- •This is a non-billable header code. Documentation must support a more specific child code before this diagnosis can be reported on a claim.
- •Confirm the excluded condition(s) listed above are not also present — Excludes1 conditions cannot be coded together with this one.
- •As a general rule, code to the highest level of specificity supported by the documentation in the medical record.
Related codes in this category
- H93.1Tinnitusnon-billable header
- H93.2Other abnormal auditory perceptionsnon-billable header
- H93.3Disorders of acoustic nervenon-billable header
- H93.8Other specified disorders of earnon-billable header
- H93.9Unspecified disorder of earnon-billable header
- H93.APulsatile tinnitusnon-billable header
- H93.0Degenerative and vascular disorders of earnon-billable header