ICD-10-CM › H60-H95 › H65-H75 › H71.3 Diffuse cholesteatosis › H71.33
Diffuse cholesteatosis, 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 Diffuse cholesteatosis, bilateral
Official coding rules
Published by CDC for FY2027. A rule attached to a category binds every code beneath it, so the rules inherited from this code's ancestors are shown with the code they come from.
Inherited from H71 Cholesteatoma of middle ear
Excludes2 - not included here
- cholesteatoma of external ear (H60.4-)
- recurrent cholesteatoma of postmastoidectomy cavity (H95.0-)
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.
- Cholesteatosis, diffuse
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| H71.30 | Diffuse cholesteatosis, unspecified ear | Valid |
| H71.31 | Diffuse cholesteatosis, right ear | Valid |
| H71.32 | Diffuse cholesteatosis, left ear | Valid |