ICD-10-CM › H60-H95 › H60-H62 › H60.1 Cellulitis of external ear › H60.12
H60.12
Cellulitis of left external ear
ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.
What has happened to this code
Every change the publisher made, from 2007 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.
- FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Cellulitis of left external ear
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.
- Pericellulitis
- Cellulitis > auricle
- Otitis > externa > cellulitis
- Lymphangitis > acute > auricle
- Disorder > ear > external > otitis
- Cellulitis > external auditory canal
- Otitis > externa > acute > infective
- Infection, infected, infective > auricle
- Otitis > externa > infective NEC > cellulitis
- Suppuration, suppurative > ear > external NEC
- Lymphangitis > acute > external auditory canal
- Infection, infected, infective > ear > external
- Infection, infected, infective > auditory meatus
- Infection, infected, infective > with > lymphangitis
- Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory > ear > external
- Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory > auditory meatus
- Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory > lymphatic vessel
- Infection, infected, infective > external auditory canal NEC
- Cellulitis > ear
- Lymphangitis > acute > ear
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| H60.10 | Cellulitis of external ear, unspecified ear | Valid |
| H60.11 | Cellulitis of right external ear | Valid |
| H60.13 | Cellulitis of external ear, bilateral | Valid |