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 > Hearing Loss 389.* > 2006 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis 389.14 Central hearing loss View the most recent version of ICD-9-CM 389.14 Hearing loss due to disease of the AUDITORY PATHWAYS (in the CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM) which originate in the COCHLEAR NUCLEI of the PONS and then ascend bilaterally to the MIDBRAIN, the THALAMUS, and then the AUDITORY CORTEX in the TEMPORAL LOBE. Bilateral lesions of the auditory pathways are usually required to cause central hearing loss. Cortical deafness refers to loss of hearing due to bilateral auditory cortex lesions. Unilateral BRAIN STEM lesions involving the cochlear nuclei may result in unilateral hearing loss. 389.14 is a specific code that can be used to specify a diagnosis 389.14 contains 4 index entries View the ICD-9-CM Volume 1 389.* hierarchy  Index entries containing 389.14: Deafness (acquired) (complete) (congenital) (hereditary) (middle ear) (partial) 389.9 central, bilateral 389.14 with conductive hearing loss 389.2 perceptive 389.10 central, bilateral 389.14 Loss hearing - see also Deafness central, bilateral 389.14 sensorineural 389.10 central, bilateral 389.14