Acquired deformity of pinna

Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.

A category header for its whole life, FY2016 onwards. It has never been valid for submission on its own.

Submit one of these 4 more specific codes instead:

H61.111 Acquired deformity of pinna, right ear
H61.112 Acquired deformity of pinna, left ear
H61.113 Acquired deformity of pinna, bilateral
H61.119 Acquired deformity of pinna, unspecified ear

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 Acquired deformity of pinna

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.

Deformity > ear
Deformity > pinna, acquired
Disease, diseased > outer ear
Disorder > ear > external > pinna
Disease, diseased > auditory canal
Disease, diseased > external > ear
Deformity > auricle > ear > acquired
Disease, diseased > auricle, ear NEC
Deformity > concha, congenital > acquired
Disease, diseased > external > auditory canal
Disorder > pinna > deformity, acquired

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
H61.10	Unspecified noninfective disorders of pinna	Not billable
H61.12	Hematoma of pinna	Not billable
H61.19	Other noninfective disorders of pinna	Not billable