Chronic Eustachian salpingitis

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:

H68.021 Chronic Eustachian salpingitis, right ear
H68.022 Chronic Eustachian salpingitis, left ear
H68.023 Chronic Eustachian salpingitis, bilateral
H68.029 Chronic Eustachian salpingitis, 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.

FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Chronic Eustachian salpingitis

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.

Abscess > tubal
Adenosalpingitis
Rhinosalpingitis
Salpingitis > ear
Abscess > mesosalpinx
Abscess > fallopian tube
Hematosalpinx > infectional
Rupture, ruptured > pus tube
Rupture, ruptured > pyosalpinx
Disease, diseased > eustachian tube
Disorder > eustachian tube > infection
Disease, diseased > tube > inflammatory
Rupture, ruptured > tube, tubal > abscess
Infection, infected, infective > eustachian tube
Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory > eustachian tube
Salpingitis > eustachian > chronic

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
H68.00	Unspecified Eustachian salpingitis	Not billable
H68.01	Acute Eustachian salpingitis	Not billable