Unspecified 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:

H68.101 Unspecified obstruction of Eustachian tube, right ear
H68.102 Unspecified obstruction of Eustachian tube, left ear
H68.103 Unspecified obstruction of Eustachian tube, bilateral
H68.109 Unspecified obstruction of Eustachian tube, 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 Unspecified obstruction of Eustachian tube

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.

Icterus
Cholemia
Impervious
Imperforate
Yellow > jaundice
Narrowing > eustachian tube
Stricture > eustachian tube
Absence > congenital > lumen
Valve, valvular > congenital NEC
Disease, diseased > eustachian tube
Stenosis, stenotic > eustachian tube
Blind > tract or tube, congenital NEC
Disorder > eustachian tube > obstruction
Stricture > organ or site, congenital NEC
Constriction > organ or site, congenital NEC
Obliteration > organ or site, congenital NEC
Block, blocked > organ or site, congenital NEC
Stenosis, stenotic > organ or site, congenital NEC
Occlusion, occluded > organ or site, congenital NEC
Strangulation, strangulated > organ or site, congenital NEC
Contraction, contracture, contracted > organ or site, congenital NEC
Obstruction, obstructed, obstructive > organ or site, congenital NEC
Obstruction, obstructed, obstructive > eustachian tube

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
H68.11	Osseous obstruction of Eustachian tube	Not billable
H68.12	Intrinsic cartilagenous obstruction of Eustachian tube	Not billable
H68.13	Extrinsic cartilagenous obstruction of Eustachian tube	Not billable