ICD-10-CM › H60-H95 › H80-H83 › H81.4 Vertigo of central origin › H81.49
Vertigo of central origin, unspecified ear
RetiredICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
No longer in the code set. Submitting it will not be accepted for a current date of service.
Use instead:
- H81.4 Vertigo of central origin stated for FY2019
What has happened to this code
Every change the publisher made, from 2007 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.
- FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Vertigo of central origin, unspecified ear
- FY2020 Removed from the code set
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.
- Syndrome > vertiginous
- Disorder > vestibular function > vertigo
- Disorder > ear > inner > vestibular dysfunction
- Irregular, irregularity > eye movements > nystagmus
- Vertigo > central
- Vertigo > cerebral
- Nystagmus > central positional
- Vertigo > malignant positional
- Nystagmus > positional > central
- Vertigo > positional > malignant
- Nystagmus > positional > benign paroxysmal
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| H81.41 | Vertigo of central origin, right ear | Retired |
| H81.42 | Vertigo of central origin, left ear | Retired |
| H81.43 | Vertigo of central origin, bilateral | Retired |