Extrinsic cartilagenous obstruction of Eustachian tube, right 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 Extrinsic cartilagenous obstruction of Eustachian tube, right 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.

Icterus
Cholemia
Impervious
Imperforate
Yellow > jaundice
Narrowing > eustachian tube
Stricture > eustachian tube
Absence > congenital > lumen
Compression > eustachian tube
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 > cartilagenous

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
H68.132	Extrinsic cartilagenous obstruction of Eustachian tube, left ear	Valid
H68.133	Extrinsic cartilagenous obstruction of Eustachian tube, bilateral	Valid
H68.139	Extrinsic cartilagenous obstruction of Eustachian tube, unspecified ear	Valid