ICD-10-CM Codes
H60-H95
H80-H83
H81-
2023 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code H81.9

2023 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code H81.9

Unspecified disorder of vestibular function

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2023

Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code

H81.9 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 H81.9 became effective on October 1, 2022.
This is the American ICD-10-CM version of H81.9 - other international versions of ICD-10 H81.9 may differ.

Applicable To

Vertiginous syndrome NOS

The following code(s) above H81.9 contain annotation back-references

Annotation Back-References

In this context, annotation back-references refer to codes that contain:

Applicable To annotations, or
Code Also annotations, or
Code First annotations, or
Excludes1 annotations, or
Excludes2 annotations, or
Includes annotations, or
Note annotations, or
Use Additional annotations

that may be applicable to H81.9:

H60-H95
2023 ICD-10-CM Range H60-H95
Diseases of the ear and mastoid process
Note
- Use an external cause code following the code for the ear condition, if applicable, to identify the cause of the ear condition
Type 2 Excludes
- certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
- certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
- complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
- congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
- endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
- injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
- neoplasms (C00-D49)
- symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)
Diseases of the ear and mastoid process
H81
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code H81
Disorders of vestibular function
Type 1 Excludes
- epidemic vertigo (A88.1)
- vertigo NOS (R42)
Disorders of vestibular function

Clinical Information

A disorder characterized by dizziness, imbalance, nausea, and vision problems.
Pathological processes of the vestibular labyrinth which contains part of the balancing apparatus. Patients with vestibular diseases show instability and are at risk of frequent falls.

Code History

2016 (effective 10/1/2015): New code (first year of non-draft ICD-10-CM)
2017 (effective 10/1/2016): No change
2018 (effective 10/1/2017): No change
2019 (effective 10/1/2018): No change
2020 (effective 10/1/2019): No change
2021 (effective 10/1/2020): No change
2022 (effective 10/1/2021): No change
2023 (effective 10/1/2022): No change

Diagnosis Index entries containing back-references to H81.9:

Disorder (of) - see also Disease
- vestibular function H81.9-

ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To H81.9

H81.392 …… left ear

H81.393 …… bilateral

H81.399 …… unspecified ear

H81.4 Vertigo of central origin

H81.8 Other disorders of vestibular function

H81.8X Other disorders of vestibular function

H81.8X1 …… right ear

H81.8X2 …… left ear

H81.8X3 …… bilateral

H81.8X9 …… unspecified ear

H81.9 Unspecified disorder of vestibular function

H81.90 …… unspecified ear

H81.91 …… right ear

H81.92 …… left ear

H81.93 …… bilateral

H82 Vertiginous syndromes in diseases classified elsewhere

H82.1 Vertiginous syndromes in diseases classified elsewhere, right ear

H82.2 Vertiginous syndromes in diseases classified elsewhere, left ear

H82.3 Vertiginous syndromes in diseases classified elsewhere, bilateral

H82.9 Vertiginous syndromes in diseases classified elsewhere, unspecified ear

H83 Other diseases of inner ear

Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.

2023 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code H81.9

Unspecified disorder of vestibular function

Diseases of the ear and mastoid process

Disorders of vestibular function