Meniere's disease

Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.

A category header for its whole life, FY2016 onwards. It has never been valid for submission on its own.

Submit one of these 4 more specific codes instead:

H81.01 Meniere's disease, right ear
H81.02 Meniere's disease, left ear
H81.03 Meniere's disease, bilateral
H81.09 Meniere's disease, unspecified ear

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2012 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.

FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Meniere's disease

Official coding rules

Published by CDC for FY2027. A rule attached to a category binds every code beneath it, so the rules inherited from this code's ancestors are shown with the code they come from.

Inherited from H81 Disorders of vestibular function

Excludes1 - never coded here

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

How CDC's index refers to this code

Wording from the official alphabetic index. Much of it appears nowhere in the code description, which is why a search for the everyday phrase so often finds nothing.

Dropsy, dropsical
Syndrome > vertiginous
Disorder > vestibular function > vertigo
Disorder > ear > inner > vestibular dysfunction
Hydrops > labyrinth
Vertigo > Ménière's
Vertigo > labyrinthine
Hydrops > endolymphatic
Ménière's disease, syndrome or vertigo

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
H81.1	Benign paroxysmal vertigo	Not billable
H81.2	Vestibular neuronitis	Not billable
H81.3	Other peripheral vertigo	Not billable
H81.4	Vertigo of central origin	Valid
H81.8	Other disorders of vestibular function	Not billable
H81.9	Unspecified disorder of vestibular function	Not billable