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Specific code 2011 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 389.05
Conductive hearing loss, unilateral
  • Short description: Condctv hear loss,unilat.
  • ICD-9-CM 389.05 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 389.05 should only be used for claims with a date of service on or before September 30, 2015. For claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015, use an equivalent ICD-10-CM code (or codes).
  • You are viewing the 2011 version of ICD-9-CM 389.05.
  • More recent version(s) of ICD-9-CM 389.05: 2012 2013 2014 2015.
Convert to ICD-10-CM: 389.05 converts approximately to:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM H90.11 Conductive hearing loss, unilateral, right ear, with unrestricted hearing on the contralateral side
    Or:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM H90.12 Conductive hearing loss, unilateral, left ear, with unrestricted hearing on the contralateral side
Approximate Synonyms
  • Hearing loss, conductive, left
  • Hearing loss, conductive, right
  • Left conductive hearing loss
  • Right conductive hearing loss
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 389.05:
 389.04 ICD9Data.com 389.06 
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