Other acquired abnormalities of ear ossicles, bilateral

ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.

Valid FY2016 onwards.

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 Other acquired abnormalities of ear ossicles, 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 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.

Herniation
Sarcoepiplocele
Disorder > mastoid
Caries > ossicles, ear
Elevated, elevation > GFR
Disease, diseased > mastoid
Gangrene, gangrenous > hernia
Hernia, hernial > irreducible
Hernia, hernial > obstructive
Disease, diseased > middle ear
Hernia, hernial > incarcerated
Hernia, hernial > strangulated
Rupture, ruptured > obstructed
Disorder > ear > middle > ossicle
Hernia, hernial > with > gangrene
Necrosis, necrotic > ossicles, ear
Hernia, hernial > with > irreducible
Hernia, hernial > with > obstruction
Incarceration, incarcerated > hernia
Strangulation, strangulated > hernia
Incarceration, incarcerated > rupture
Strangulation, strangulated > rupture
Hernia, hernial > with > incarceration
Hernia, hernial > with > strangulation
Hernia, hernial > intestine, intestinal
Test, tests, testing > blood-drug > positive
Hernia, hernial > irreducible > with gangrene
Hernia, hernial > obstructive > with gangrene
Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalities > finding
Hernia, hernial > incarcerated > with gangrene
Hernia, hernial > strangulated > with gangrene
Test, tests, testing > blood-alcohol > positive
Rupture, ruptured > nontraumatic, meaning hernia
Strangulation, strangulated > stomach due to hernia
Incarceration, incarcerated > hernia > with gangrene
Strangulation, strangulated > hernia > with gangrene
Strangulation, strangulated > intestine > with hernia
Elevated, elevation > finding on laboratory examination
Obstruction, obstructed, obstructive > fecal > with hernia
Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalities > chemistry, blood > drugs

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Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
H74.391	Other acquired abnormalities of right ear ossicles	Valid
H74.392	Other acquired abnormalities of left ear ossicles	Valid
H74.399	Other acquired abnormalities of ear ossicles, unspecified ear	Valid