388 Other disorders of ear (388.00-388.9) ICD-9-CM
The 388.00-388.9 block classified 388 other disorders of ear with 25 legacy diagnosis codes. None remain valid for claim submission; each code below links to its reference page with the official ICD-10-CM replacement under the CMS General Equivalence Mappings.
Retired Code Set
ICD-9-CM stopped being valid for U.S. claims with dates of service on or after October 1, 2015, when ICD-10-CM replaced it. Use this index for historical lookups and crosswalking; for current coding, start from the ICD-10-CM codes list or the ICD-9 / ICD-10 converter.
Legacy Codes in the 388.00-388.9 Block 25 codes
None of these codes remain valid for claim submission. Each code page shows its ICD-10-CM replacement under the CMS General Equivalence Mappings.
- 388.00 Degen/vascul dis ear NOS
- 388.01 Presbyacusis
- 388.02 Trans ischemic deafness
- 388.10 Noise effect-ear/NOS
- 388.11 Acoustic trauma
- 388.12 Hearing loss d/t noise
- 388.2 Sudden hearing loss NOS
- 388.30 Tinnitus NOS
- 388.31 Subjective tinnitus
- 388.32 Objective tinnitus
- 388.40 Abn auditory percept NOS
- 388.41 Diplacusis
- 388.42 Hyperacusis
- 388.43 Impairm auditory discrim
- 388.44 Auditory recruitment
- 388.45 Acq auditory process dis
- 388.5 Acoustic nerve disorders
- 388.60 Otorrhea NOS
- 388.61 Cerebrosp fluid otorrhea
- 388.69 Otorrhea NEC
- 388.70 Otalgia NOS
- 388.71 Otogenic pain
- 388.72 Referred pain of ear
- 388.8 Disorders of ear NEC
- 388.9 Disorder of ear NOS
Questions About This Page
Are the 388.00-388.9 codes still billable?
No. Every code in this block became invalid for U.S. claims after September 30, 2015. Each code page linked above shows the ICD-10-CM replacement CMS assigned in the General Equivalence Mappings, and the ICD-9 / ICD-10 converter translates any of them directly.
What did the 388.00-388.9 block classify?
The block classified 388 other disorders of ear with 25 codes in the final ICD-9-CM release. It sat under Diseases of the sense organs (360–389) in the legacy hierarchy.
Related References
Source: final CMS ICD-9-CM release (version date October 1, 2014). Retired from U.S. claims after September 30, 2015.
