Acquired stenosis of external ear canal, unspecified, bilateral

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 Acquired stenosis of external ear canal, unspecified, bilateral

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.

Narrowing > auditory canal
Collapse > external ear canal
Constriction > auditory canal
Disease, diseased > outer ear
Stricture > ear canal > acquired
Wedge-shaped or wedging vertebra
Disease, diseased > auditory canal
Disease, diseased > external > ear
Stricture > meatus > ear > acquired
Stricture > auditory canal > acquired
Stricture > osseous meatus > acquired
Stricture > meatus > osseous > acquired
Disease, diseased > external > auditory canal
Obstruction, obstructed, obstructive > canal, ear
Disorder > ear > external > auditory canal stenosis
Stenosis, stenotic > external ear canal

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
H61.301	Acquired stenosis of right external ear canal, unspecified	Valid
H61.302	Acquired stenosis of left external ear canal, unspecified	Valid
H61.309	Acquired stenosis of external ear canal, unspecified, unspecified ear	Valid