Acute contact otitis externa, left ear

ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.

Valid FY2016 onwards.

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 Acute contact otitis externa, left 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.

Disease, diseased > outer ear
Disease, diseased > auditory canal
Disease, diseased > external > ear
Disorder > ear > external > otitis
Disease, diseased > external > auditory canal
Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory > ear > external
Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory > auditory meatus
Otitis > externa > acute > contact

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
H60.531	Acute contact otitis externa, right ear	Valid
H60.533	Acute contact otitis externa, bilateral	Valid
H60.539	Acute contact otitis externa, unspecified ear	Valid