ICD-11 code : AB51;
Preferred Label : Acquired hearing impairment;
ICD-11 definition : Loss of hearing that occurs sometime the course of life and is not present at birth.
The hearing impairment is sustained after the acquisition of language, which can occur
due to disease, trauma, or as a side-effect of a medicine. Conductive hearing loss
may occur as a result of a problem in the outer or middle ear such as an obstruction
(cerumen, foreign body), damage to the osicles, middle ear infections, and/or perforation
of the tympanic membrane. Sensorineural hearing loss is a type of hearing loss in
which the root cause lies in the vestibulocochlear nerve (Cranial nerve VIII), the
inner ear, or central processing centres of the brain. Mixed conductive and sensorineural
hearing loss refers to a mix of both conductive and sensorineural hearing loss.;
ICD-11 synonym : post lingual hearing loss; acquired deafness;
ICD-11 "other" category code : AB51.Y;
ICD-11 "unspecified" category code : AB51.Z;
Origin ID : 500439897;
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- ICD-10 Mapping
Loss of hearing that occurs sometime the course of life and is not present at birth.
The hearing impairment is sustained after the acquisition of language, which can occur
due to disease, trauma, or as a side-effect of a medicine. Conductive hearing loss
may occur as a result of a problem in the outer or middle ear such as an obstruction
(cerumen, foreign body), damage to the osicles, middle ear infections, and/or perforation
of the tympanic membrane. Sensorineural hearing loss is a type of hearing loss in
which the root cause lies in the vestibulocochlear nerve (Cranial nerve VIII), the
inner ear, or central processing centres of the brain. Mixed conductive and sensorineural
hearing loss refers to a mix of both conductive and sensorineural hearing loss.
