ICD-10-CM › H60-H95 › H60-H62 › H60 Otitis externa › H60.2
H60.2
Malignant otitis externa
Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.
Submit one of these 4 more specific codes instead:
What has happened to this code
Every change the publisher made, from 2012 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.
- FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Malignant otitis externa
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.
- Disease, diseased > outer ear
- Otitis > externa > necrotizing
- Disease, diseased > auditory canal
- Disease, diseased > external > ear
- Disorder > ear > external > otitis
- Otitis > externa > Pseudomonas aeruginosa
- Disease, diseased > external > auditory canal
- Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory > ear > external
- Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory > auditory meatus
- Otitis > externa > malignant
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| H60.0 | Abscess of external ear | Not billable |
| H60.1 | Cellulitis of external ear | Not billable |
| H60.3 | Other infective otitis externa | Not billable |
| H60.4 | Cholesteatoma of external ear | Not billable |
| H60.5 | Acute noninfective otitis externa | Not billable |
| H60.6 | Unspecified chronic otitis externa | Not billable |
| H60.8 | Other otitis externa | Not billable |
| H60.9 | Unspecified otitis externa | Not billable |