ICD-10 diagnosis code
Q16 Congenital malformations of ear causing impairment of hearing
Q16 is the ICD-10 code for Congenital malformations of ear causing impairment of hearing. It is a three-character category divided into 7 subcodes; use the subcode whenever the record supports that level of detail. It belongs to the block Q10–Q18 (Congenital malformations of eye, ear, face and neck) in Chapter XVII, Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities.
- Code type
- Category (3 characters)
- Chapter
- XVII · Q00–Q99
- Classification
- WHO ICD-10, 2019 version
What Q16 excludes
Conditions that look similar but belong under another code.
- congenital deafness H90.-
Subcodes of Q16
- Q16.0Congenital absence of (ear) auricle
- Q16.1Congenital absence, atresia and stricture of auditory canal (external)
- Q16.2Absence of eustachian tube
- Q16.3Congenital malformation of ear ossicles
- Q16.4Other congenital malformations of middle ear
- Q16.5Congenital malformation of inner ear
- Q16.9Congenital malformation of ear causing impairment of hearing, unspecified
Q16 in national editions
Countries report with their own edition of ICD-10. Most keep the WHO code and add more specific codes beneath it.
Q16Medfödda missbildningar av öra som orsakar nedsatt hörsel
DQ16Medfødte misdannelser i øre med nedsat hørelse
Q16Kuuloa heikentävät synnynnäiset korvaepämuodostumat
Q16Angeborene Fehlbildungen des Ohres, die eine Beeinträchtigung des Hörvermögens verursachen
Q16Malformations congénitales de l'oreille avec atteinte de l'audition
Q16congenitale misvormingen van oor met gehoorstoornis als gevolg
Based on the World Health Organization’s International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, 10th revision (ICD-10), 2019 version, and the national editions published by each country’s health authority. This page is a reference, not coding advice; follow your national coding rules when you report.
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