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H74.39

Other acquired abnormalities of ear ossicles

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 4 more specific codes instead:

  • H74.391 Other acquired abnormalities of right ear ossicles
  • H74.392 Other acquired abnormalities of left ear ossicles
  • H74.393 Other acquired abnormalities of ear ossicles, bilateral
  • H74.399 Other acquired abnormalities of ear ossicles, unspecified ear

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 Other acquired abnormalities of ear ossicles

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 H74 Other disorders of middle ear mastoid

Excludes2 - not included here

  • mastoiditis (H70.-)

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.

Showing 40 of 44 index phrases.

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
H74.31 Ankylosis of ear ossicles Not billable
H74.32 Partial loss of ear ossicles Not billable