Chronic Eustachian salpingitis, 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 Chronic Eustachian salpingitis, unspecified ear

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