H81

Non-Billable

ChapterH60–H95

Rankcategory

Official Description

Disorders of vestibular function

Metadata & Insights

•2026 ICD-10-CM Edition - Effective October 1, 2025.
•Non-billable category (requires more specific sub-code).
•Chapter 8: Diseases of the Ear and Mastoid Process (H60-H95).

CH8 Parent Instructions

Excludes2(Not included here)

certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
neoplasms (C00-D49)
symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)

Instructional Notes

Excludes1(Not coded here)

epidemic vertigo (A88.1)
vertigo NOS (R42)

Clinical Hierarchy

CH8Diseases of the ear and mastoid process (H60-H95)

H80-H83Diseases of inner ear (H80-H83)

H81Disorders of vestibular function

H81.0Ménière's disease

H81.1Benign paroxysmal vertigo

H81.2Vestibular neuronitis

H81.3Other peripheral vertigo

H81.4Vertigo of central origin

H81.8Other disorders of vestibular function

H81.9Unspecified disorder of vestibular function

Applicable Ancestor Context

The following parent sections contain instructions or notes that apply to H81:

chapterCH8

Diseases of the ear and mastoid process (H60-H95)

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Alphabetic Index Mentions

These are Diagnosis Index lookup paths that route to H81. Use them as entry terms for search, then confirm final coding instructions in the Tabular List and notes above.

15 raw paths

Disorder (of)1 unique routes

vestibular function→H81

Hydrops2 unique routes

endolymphatic→H81

labyrinth→H81

Ménière's disease, syndrome or vertigo1 unique routes

Direct index entry→H81

Neuronitis1 unique routes

vestibular→H81

Nystagmus3 unique routes

central positional→H81