Q16
Congenital malformations of ear causing impairment of hearing
- Release
- FY 2027
- Effective
Official Coding Notes
Reproduced verbatim from the FY 2027 ICD-10-CM files.
Excludes1
congenital deafness ( H90 .-)
More Specific Codes
7 codes under Q16
- Q16.0 Congenital absence of (ear) auricle Billable
- Q16.1 Congenital absence, atresia and stricture of auditory canal (external) Billable
- Q16.2 Absence of eustachian tube Billable
- Q16.3 Congenital malformation of ear ossicles Billable
- Q16.4 Other congenital malformations of middle ear Billable
- Q16.5 Congenital malformation of inner ear Billable
- Q16.9 Congenital malformation of ear causing impairment of hearing, unspecified Billable
Version History
How Q16 appears in each release imported from the official files, newest first.
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FY 2027 Effective
CurrentCongenital malformations of ear causing impairment of hearing
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FY 2026 Effective
UnchangedCongenital malformations of ear causing impairment of hearing
Data Source
Code information on this page is derived from the FY 2027 ICD-10-CM files published by CDC NCHS and CMS.
- Release
- FY 2027
- Effective
- Source file
- icd10cm-code-descriptions-2027.zip
Official ICD-10-CM source files (opens in a new tab)
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