Unspecified noninfective disorders of pinna, 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 Unspecified noninfective disorders of pinna, 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
Disorder > ear > external > pinna
Disease, diseased > auditory canal
Disease, diseased > external > ear
Disease, diseased > auricle, ear NEC
Disease, diseased > external > auditory canal
Disorder > pinna

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
H61.101	Unspecified noninfective disorders of pinna, right ear	Valid
H61.103	Unspecified noninfective disorders of pinna, bilateral	Valid
H61.109	Unspecified noninfective disorders of pinna, unspecified ear	Valid