ICD-10-CM › H60-H95 › H65-H75 › H68 Eustachian salpingitis and obstruction › H68.1

H68.1

Obstruction of Eustachian tube

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:

  • H68.10 Unspecified obstruction of Eustachian tube (also a header)
  • H68.11 Osseous obstruction of Eustachian tube (also a header)
  • H68.12 Intrinsic cartilagenous obstruction of Eustachian tube (also a header)
  • H68.13 Extrinsic cartilagenous obstruction of Eustachian tube (also a header)

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 Obstruction of Eustachian tube

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
H68.0 Eustachian salpingitis Not billable