ICD-10-CM › H60-H95 › H80-H83 › H81 Disorders of vestibular function › H81.9
Unspecified disorder of vestibular function
Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.
Submit one of these 4 more specific codes instead:
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 Unspecified disorder of vestibular function
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
- Disease, diseased > labyrinth, ear
- Disorder > ear > inner > vestibular dysfunction
- Disorder > vestibular function
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| H81.0 | Meniere's disease | Not billable |
| 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 |