ICD-10-CM › H60-H95 › H65-H75 › H70.09 Acute mastoiditis with other complications › H70.093
H70.093
Acute mastoiditis with other complications, 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 Acute mastoiditis with other complications, 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
- Infection, infected, infective > mastoid
- Mastoiditis > acute, subacute > complicated NEC
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| H70.091 | Acute mastoiditis with other complications, right ear | Valid |
| H70.092 | Acute mastoiditis with other complications, left ear | Valid |
| H70.099 | Acute mastoiditis with other complications, unspecified ear | Valid |