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H95.81
Postprocedural stenosis of external ear canal
Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.
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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 Postprocedural stenosis of external ear canal
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.
- Narrowing > auditory canal
- Collapse > external ear canal
- Constriction > auditory canal
- Disease, diseased > outer ear
- Stricture > ear canal > acquired
- Wedge-shaped or wedging vertebra
- Disease, diseased > auditory canal
- Disease, diseased > external > ear
- Stricture > meatus > ear > acquired
- Stricture > auditory canal > acquired
- Stricture > osseous meatus > acquired
- Stricture > meatus > osseous > acquired
- Disease, diseased > external > auditory canal
- Obstruction, obstructed, obstructive > canal, ear
- Disorder > ear > external > auditory canal stenosis
- Stenosis, stenotic > external ear canal > postprocedural
- Complication > ear procedure > postoperative > external ear canal stenosis
- Complication > mastoid procedure > postoperative > external ear canal stenosis
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| H95.88 | Other intraoperative complications and disorders of the ear and mastoid process, not elsewhere classified | Valid |
| H95.89 | Other postprocedural complications and disorders of the ear and mastoid process, not elsewhere classified | Valid |