Specific code 2015 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 389.14
Central hearing loss
  • 2015
  • Billable Thru Sept 30/2015
  • Non-Billable On/After Oct 1/2015

  • ICD-9-CM 389.14 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 389.14 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).
Convert to ICD-10-CM: 389.14 converts approximately to:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM H90.5 Unspecified sensorineural hearing loss
Clinical Information
  • Hearing loss caused by a problem along the pathway from the inner ear to the auditory region of the brain or in the brain itself
  • 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
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 389.14:
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