Suppurative otitis media, unspecified

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:

H66.40 Suppurative otitis media, unspecified, unspecified ear
H66.41 Suppurative otitis media, unspecified, right ear
H66.42 Suppurative otitis media, unspecified, left ear
H66.43 Suppurative otitis media, unspecified, 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.

FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Suppurative otitis media, unspecified

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 H66 Suppurative and unspecified otitis media

Use additional code

code 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)
occupational exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z57.31)
tobacco dependence (F17.-)
tobacco use (Z72.0)

Includes

suppurative and unspecified 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.

Tympanitis
Abscess > ear
Otitis > media > purulent
Otitis > media > exudative
Myringitis > with otitis media
Suppuration, suppurative > ear
Otitis > with effusion > purulent
Disorder > tympanic membrane > infection
Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory > ear
Infection, infected, infective > tympanic membrane NEC
Otitis > media > suppurative

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
H66.0	Acute suppurative otitis media	Not billable
H66.1	Chronic tubotympanic suppurative otitis media	Not billable
H66.2	Chronic atticoantral suppurative otitis media	Not billable
H66.3	Other chronic suppurative otitis media	Not billable
H66.9	Otitis media, unspecified	Not billable