Otosclerosis involving oval window, obliterative

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:

H80.10 Otosclerosis involving oval window, obliterative, unspecified ear
H80.11 Otosclerosis involving oval window, obliterative, right ear
H80.12 Otosclerosis involving oval window, obliterative, left ear
H80.13 Otosclerosis involving oval window, obliterative, bilateral

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.

FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Otosclerosis involving oval window, obliterative

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 H80 Otosclerosis

Includes

Otospongiosis

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.

Otoporosis
Otospongiosis
Otitis > insidiosa
Ossification > ear, middle
Otosclerosis > obliterative
Otosclerosis > involving > oval window > obliterative

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
H80.0	Otosclerosis involving oval window, nonobliterative	Not billable
H80.2	Cochlear otosclerosis	Not billable
H80.8	Other otosclerosis	Not billable
H80.9	Unspecified otosclerosis	Not billable