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Category · FY2027

H81 Disorders of vestibular function

  • Header · not billable

H81 is not billable. The category heads 29 billable codes in FY2027, grouped under 7 subdivisions.

Index → code

  • Otolith syndrome → H81.8
  • Bonnier's syndrome → H81.8
  • Ménière's disease, syndrome or vertigo → H81.0-

Where it sits

  1. Chapter 8 Diseases of the ear and mastoid process (H60-H95)
  2. H80-H83 Diseases of inner ear (H80-H83)
  3. H81 Disorders of vestibular function
Billable codes
29
Subdivisions
7
CC / MCC codes
0 / 0
HCC V28 codes
0
New FY2027
0
Index entries
21

Codes in H81

  1. H81.0
    Ménière's disease
    Header
    Inclusion terms 2

    Inclusion terms

    • Labyrinthine hydrops
    • Ménière's syndrome or vertigo
  2. H81.01
    Ménière's disease, right ear
    Billable
  3. H81.02
    Ménière's disease, left ear
    Billable
  4. H81.03
    Ménière's disease, bilateral
    Billable
  5. H81.09
    Ménière's disease, unspecified ear
    Billable
  6. H81.1
    Benign paroxysmal vertigo
    Header
  7. H81.10
    Benign paroxysmal vertigo, unspecified ear
    Billable
  8. H81.11
    Benign paroxysmal vertigo, right ear
    Billable
  9. H81.12
    Benign paroxysmal vertigo, left ear
    Billable
  10. H81.13
    Benign paroxysmal vertigo, bilateral
    Billable
  11. H81.2
    Vestibular neuronitis
    Header
  12. H81.20
    Vestibular neuronitis, unspecified ear
    Billable
  13. H81.21
    Vestibular neuronitis, right ear
    Billable
  14. H81.22
    Vestibular neuronitis, left ear
    Billable
  15. H81.23
    Vestibular neuronitis, bilateral
    Billable
  16. H81.3
    Other peripheral vertigo
    Header
  17. H81.31
    Aural vertigo
    Header
  18. H81.311
    Aural vertigo, right ear
    Billable
  19. H81.312
    Aural vertigo, left ear
    Billable
  20. H81.313
    Aural vertigo, bilateral
    Billable
  21. H81.319
    Aural vertigo, unspecified ear
    Billable
  22. H81.39
    Other peripheral vertigo
    Header
    Inclusion terms 3

    Inclusion terms

    • Lermoyez' syndrome
    • Otogenic vertigo
    • Peripheral vertigo NOS
  23. H81.391
    Other peripheral vertigo, right ear
    Billable
  24. H81.392
    Other peripheral vertigo, left ear
    Billable
  25. H81.393
    Other peripheral vertigo, bilateral
    Billable
  26. H81.399
    Other peripheral vertigo, unspecified ear
    Billable
  27. H81.4
    Vertigo of central origin
    Billable
    Inclusion terms 1

    Inclusion terms

    • Central positional nystagmus
  28. H81.8
    Other disorders of vestibular function
    Header
  29. H81.8X
    Other disorders of vestibular function
    Header
  30. H81.8X1
    Other disorders of vestibular function, right ear
    Billable
  31. H81.8X2
    Other disorders of vestibular function, left ear
    Billable
  32. H81.8X3
    Other disorders of vestibular function, bilateral
    Billable
  33. H81.8X9
    Other disorders of vestibular function, unspecified ear
    Billable
  34. H81.9
    Unspecified disorder of vestibular function
    Header
    Inclusion terms 1

    Inclusion terms

    • Vertiginous syndrome NOS
  35. H81.90
    Unspecified disorder of vestibular function, unspecified ear
    Billable
  36. H81.91
    Unspecified disorder of vestibular function, right ear
    Billable
  37. H81.92
    Unspecified disorder of vestibular function, left ear
    Billable
  38. H81.93
    Unspecified disorder of vestibular function, bilateral
    Billable

Sources of each column.

Instructions

At H81

Excludes1

  • epidemic vertigo (A88.1) A88.1
  • vertigo NOS (R42) R42

Notes that also apply

Chapter 8 instructions (Notes 1, Excludes2 8): printed on the chapter 8 page.

Index entries

  • Ménière's disease, syndrome or vertigo → H81.0-
  • Bonnier's syndrome → H81.8
  • Otolith syndrome → H81.8
  • Hydropsendolymphatic → H81.0-
  • Hydropslabyrinth → H81.0-
  • Vertigolabyrinthine → H81.0
  • VertigoMénière's → H81.0
  • Vertigobenign paroxysmal (positional) → H81.1-
  • Neuronitisvestibular → H81.2-
  • Vertigoaural → H81.31-
  • Vertigoperipheral NEC → H81.39-
  • Nystagmuscentral positional → H81.4
  • Vertigocentral (origin) → H81.4
  • Vertigocerebral → H81.4
  • Vertigomalignant positional → H81.4
  • Syndromeotolith → H81.8
  • Disorder (of)vestibular function → H81.9-
  • Nystagmuspositionalbenign paroxysmal → H81.4
  • Nystagmuspositionalcentral → H81.4
  • Vertigopositionalmalignant → H81.4
  • Disorder (of)vestibular functionspecified NEC → H81.8

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