Otitis media in diseases classified elsewhere, unspecified ear

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 Otitis media in diseases classified elsewhere, unspecified ear

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 H67 Otitis media in diseases classified elsewhere

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.

Tympanitis
Myringitis > with otitis media
Suppuration, suppurative > ear
Disorder > tympanic membrane > infection
Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory > ear
Infection, infected, infective > tympanic membrane NEC
Otitis > media > in > viral disease NEC

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
H67.1	Otitis media in diseases classified elsewhere, right ear	Valid
H67.2	Otitis media in diseases classified elsewhere, left ear	Valid
H67.3	Otitis media in diseases classified elsewhere, bilateral	Valid