Q16 is a non-billable/non-specific diagnosis code from the 2025 ICD-10-CM used to classify the following condition: Congenital malformations of ear causing impairment of hearing.
Type 1 excludes
Congenital deafness (H90.-)
Codes
Q16.0
Congenital absence of (ear) auricle
Q16.1
Congenital absence, atresia and stricture of auditory canal (external)
Q16.2
Absence of eustachian tube
Q16.3
Congenital malformation of ear ossicles
Q16.4
Other congenital malformations of middle ear
Q16.5
Congenital malformation of inner ear
Q16.9
Congenital malformation of ear causing impairment of hearing, unspecified
Versions
2025
No changes
2024
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2023
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2022
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2021
No changes
2020
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2019
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2018
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2017
No changes
2016
New code