389 Hearing loss (389.00-389.9) ICD-9-CM
The 389.00-389.9 block classified 389 hearing loss with 23 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 389.00-389.9 Block 23 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.
- 389.00 Conduct hearing loss NOS
- 389.01 Conduc hear loss ext ear
- 389.02 Conduct hear loss tympan
- 389.03 Conduc hear loss mid ear
- 389.04 Cond hear loss inner ear
- 389.05 Condctv hear loss,unilat
- 389.06 Condctv hear loss, bilat
- 389.08 Cond hear loss comb type
- 389.10 Sensorneur hear loss NOS
- 389.11 Sensry hearng loss,bilat
- 389.12 Neural hearng loss,bilat
- 389.13 Neural hear loss, unilat
- 389.14 Central hearing loss
- 389.15 Sensorneur hear loss uni
- 389.16 Sensoneur hear loss asym
- 389.17 Sensory hear loss,unilat
- 389.18 Sensonrl hear loss,bilat
- 389.20 Mixed hearing loss NOS
- 389.21 Mixed hearing loss,unilt
- 389.22 Mixed hearing loss,bilat
- 389.7 Deaf, nonspeaking NEC
- 389.8 Hearing loss NEC
- 389.9 Hearing loss NOS
Questions About This Page
Are the 389.00-389.9 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 389.00-389.9 block classify?
The block classified 389 hearing loss with 23 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.
