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H72

Perforation of tympanic membrane

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 5 more specific codes instead:

  • H72.0 Central perforation of tympanic membrane (also a header)
  • H72.1 Attic perforation of tympanic membrane (also a header)
  • H72.2 Other marginal perforations of tympanic membrane (also a header)
  • H72.8 Other perforations of tympanic membrane (also a header)
  • H72.9 Unspecified perforation of tympanic membrane (also a header)

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.

  1. FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Perforation of tympanic membrane

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.

This code

Excludes1 - never coded here

  • acute suppurative otitis media with rupture of the tympanic membrane (H66.01-)
  • traumatic rupture of ear drum (S09.2-)

Code first

  • any associated otitis media (H65.-, H66.1-, H66.2-, H66.3-, H66.4-, H66.9-, H67.-)

Includes

  • persistent post-traumatic perforation of ear drum
  • postinflammatory perforation of ear drum