2006 ICD-9-CM Volume 1 Diagnosis Codes Home > Diseases Of The Nervous System And Sense Organs 320-389 > Diseases Of The Ear And Mastoid Process 380-389 > Other Disorders Of Ear 388.* > 2006 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis 388.5 Disorders of acoustic nerve View the most recent version of ICD-9-CM 388.5 Diseases of the vestibular and/or cochlear (acoustic) nerves, which join to form the vestibulocochlear nerve. VESTIBULAR NEURITIS, cochlear neuritis, and acoustic neuromas (NEUROMA, ACOUSTIC) are relatively common conditions that affect these nerves. Clinical manifestations vary with which nerve is primarily affected, and include hearing loss, vertigo, and tinnitus. 388.5 is a specific code that can be used to specify a diagnosis 388.5 contains 17 index entries View the ICD-9-CM Volume 1 388.* hierarchy Alternate Terminology Acoustic neuritis Degeneration of acoustic or eighth nerve Disorder of acoustic or eighth nerve 388.5 Excludes acoustic neuroma (225.1) syphilitic acoustic neuritis (094.86)  Index entries containing 388.5: Atrophy, atrophic nerve - see also Disorder, nerve acoustic or auditory 388.5 cranial 352.9 eighth (auditory) 388.5 Disorder - see also Disease nerve 349.9 acoustic 388.5 auditory 388.5 cranial 352.9 eighth 388.5 Disturbance - see also Disease auditory, nerve, except deafness 388.5 Lesion(s) auditory nerve 388.5 cranial nerve 352.9 eighth 388.5 Mononeuritis 355.9 vestibular 388.5 Neuralgia, neuralgic (acute) (see also Neuritis) 729.2 acoustic (nerve) 388.5 auditory (nerve) 388.5 Neuritis (see also Neuralgia) 729.2 acoustic (nerve) 388.5 syphilitic 094.86 auditory (nerve) 388.5 cranial nerve - see also Disorder, nerve, cranial eighth or acoustic 388.5 Paralysis, paralytic (complete) (incomplete) 344.9 acoustic nerve 388.5 nerve - see also Disorder, nerve auditory 388.5 vestibular nerve 388.5