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H67

Otitis media in diseases classified elsewhere

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:

  • H67.1 Otitis media in diseases classified elsewhere, right ear
  • H67.2 Otitis media in diseases classified elsewhere, left ear
  • H67.3 Otitis media in diseases classified elsewhere, bilateral
  • H67.9 Otitis media in diseases classified elsewhere, unspecified ear

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 Otitis media in diseases classified elsewhere

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.

This code

Excludes1 - never coded here

  • otitis media in:
  • influenza (J09.X9, J10.83, J11.83)
  • measles (B05.3)
  • scarlet fever (A38.0)
  • tuberculosis (A18.6)

Use additional code

  • code for any associated perforated tympanic membrane (H72.-)

Code first

  • underlying disease, such as:
  • plasminogen deficiency (E88.02)
  • viral disease NEC (B00-B34)

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.