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H65.3

Chronic mucoid otitis media

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:

  • H65.30 Chronic mucoid otitis media, unspecified ear
  • H65.31 Chronic mucoid otitis media, right ear
  • H65.32 Chronic mucoid otitis media, left ear
  • H65.33 Chronic mucoid otitis media, bilateral

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.

  1. FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Chronic mucoid otitis media

Official coding rules

Published by CDC for FY2027. A rule attached to a category binds every code beneath it, so the rules inherited from this code's ancestors are shown with the code they come from.

Inherited from H65 Nonsuppurative otitis media

Use additional code

  • code for any associated perforated tympanic membrane (H72.-)
  • code, if applicable, to identify:
  • exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z77.22)
  • exposure to tobacco smoke in the perinatal period (P96.81)
  • history of tobacco dependence (Z87.891)
  • infectious agent (B95-B97)
  • occupational exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z57.31)
  • tobacco dependence (F17.-)
  • tobacco use (Z72.0)

Includes

  • nonsuppurative otitis media with myringitis

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.

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
H65.0 Acute serous otitis media Not billable
H65.1 Other acute nonsuppurative otitis media Not billable
H65.2 Chronic serous otitis media Not billable
H65.4 Other chronic nonsuppurative otitis media Not billable
H65.9 Unspecified nonsuppurative otitis media Not billable