H94.0Acoustic neuritis in infectious and parasitic diseases classified elsewhere

H94.0 is the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for acoustic neuritis in infectious and parasitic diseases classified elsewhere. It belongs to category H94 (other disorders of ear in diseases classified elsewhere), block H90-H94 (other disorders of ear) and chapter 8 (diseases of the ear and mastoid process). It is a header code, so it can't be reported by itself; one of its 4 subcodes must be used instead.

Within H94 (other disorders of ear in diseases classified elsewhere), H94.0 is specifically for acoustic neuritis in infectious and parasitic diseases classified elsewhere. Related codes cover other specified disorders of ear in diseases classified elsewhere (H94.8).

To report this condition, pick the subcode that matches the documentation: H94.00 (unspecified ear), H94.01 (right ear), H94.02 (left ear) and H94.03 (bilateral).

Don't report H94.0 together with the conditions in its Excludes1 note: herpes zoster (B02.29) and syphilis (A52.15).

Code first underlying disease, such as: parasitic disease (B65-B89).

It has been part of ICD-10-CM since the code set took effect on October 1, 2015 and hasn't changed since.