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H61.321
Acquired stenosis of right external ear canal secondary to inflammation and infection
ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.
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 right external ear canal secondary to inflammation and infection
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 > due to > inflammation
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| H61.322 | Acquired stenosis of left external ear canal secondary to inflammation and infection | Valid |
| H61.323 | Acquired stenosis of external ear canal secondary to inflammation and infection, bilateral | Valid |
| H61.329 | Acquired stenosis of external ear canal secondary to inflammation and infection, unspecified ear | Valid |