ICD-10-CM › H60-H95 › H60-H62 › H60 Otitis externa › H60.5
H60.5
Acute noninfective 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 7 more specific codes instead:
- H60.50 Unspecified acute noninfective otitis externa (also a header)
- H60.51 Acute actinic otitis externa (also a header)
- H60.52 Acute chemical otitis externa (also a header)
- H60.53 Acute contact otitis externa (also a header)
- H60.54 Acute eczematoid otitis externa (also a header)
- H60.55 Acute reactive otitis externa (also a header)
- H60.59 Other noninfective acute otitis externa (also a header)
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 Acute noninfective otitis externa
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| H60.0 | Abscess of external ear | Not billable |
| H60.1 | Cellulitis of external ear | Not billable |
| H60.2 | Malignant otitis externa | Not billable |
| H60.3 | Other infective otitis externa | Not billable |
| H60.4 | Cholesteatoma of external ear | Not billable |
| H60.6 | Unspecified chronic otitis externa | Not billable |
| H60.8 | Other otitis externa | Not billable |
| H60.9 | Unspecified otitis externa | Not billable |