Question
What is the diagnostic code for auditory neruopathy? I was not able to find a code specific for AN.Answer
You have several codes to choose from for neuropathy: 389.18 (sensorineural hearing loss of combined types) or 389.12 (neural hearing loss) or 388.5 (disorders of the auditory nerve, including degeneration of the auditory nerve).
Robert C. Fifer, Ph.D. is currently the Director of Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology at the Mailman Center for Child Development, Department of Pediatrics, University of Miami School of Medicine. Dr. Fifer is the President of the Florida Association of Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists, a member of ASHA's Health Care Economics Committee, and the ASHA representative to the American Medical Association's Health Care Professions Advisory Committee for the Relative Value Utilization Committee in addition to being ASHA's representative to the AMA's Practice Expense Advisory Committee.
