ICD-10-CM › H60-H95 › H65-H75 › H70.01 Subperiosteal abscess of mastoid › H70.013
H70.013
Subperiosteal abscess of mastoid, bilateral
ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.
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 Subperiosteal abscess of mastoid, bilateral
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.
- Endomastoiditis
- Bezold's abscess
- Abscess > mastoid
- Empyema > mastoid
- Pyocele > mastoid
- Abscess > Bezold's
- Von Bezold's abscess
- Abscess > von Bezold's
- Abscess > bone > mastoid
- Infection, infected, infective > mastoid
- Mastoiditis > acute, subacute > subperiosteal
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| H70.011 | Subperiosteal abscess of mastoid, right ear | Valid |
| H70.012 | Subperiosteal abscess of mastoid, left ear | Valid |
| H70.019 | Subperiosteal abscess of mastoid, unspecified ear | Valid |