Exostosis of external canal, 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 Exostosis of external canal, 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.

Disease, diseased > outer ear
Disease, diseased > auditory canal
Disease, diseased > external > ear
Disorder > ear > external > exostosis
Disease, diseased > external > auditory canal
Exostosis > external ear canal

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
H61.811	Exostosis of right external canal	Valid
H61.812	Exostosis of left external canal	Valid
H61.819	Exostosis of external canal, unspecified ear	Valid