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ICD-10-CM Code H71
Cholesteatoma of middle ear

NON-BILLABLE
Non-Billable Code
Non-Billable means the code is not sufficient justification for admission to an acute care hospital when used a principal diagnosis. Use a child code to capture more detail.
| ICD-10 from 2011 - 2016

ICD Code H71 is a non-billable code. To code a diagnosis of this type, you must use one of the five child codes of H71 that describes the diagnosis 'cholesteatoma of middle ear' in more detail.


The ICD code H71 is used to code Cholesteatoma

Cholesteatoma is a destructive and expanding growth consisting of keratinizing squamous epithelium in the middle ear and/or mastoid process. Although cholesteatomas are not classified as either tumors or cancers, they can still cause significant problems because of their erosive and expansile properties resulting in the destruction of the bones of the middle ear (ossicles), as well as their possible spread through the base of the skull into the brain. They are also often infected and can result in chronically draining ears.

Specialty: Otolaryngology
MeSH Code: D002781
ICD 9 Code: 385.32

Cholesteatoma

Source: Wikipedia

Coding Notes for H71 Info for medical coders on how to properly use this ICD-10 code

Code Type-2 Excludes:
Type-2 Excludes
Type-2 Excludes means the excluded conditions are different, although they may appear similar. A patient may have both conditions, but one does not include the other. Excludes 2 means "not coded here."
Cholesteatoma of external ear - instead, use code H60.4-
Recurrent cholesteatoma of postmastoidectomy cavity - instead, use code H95.0-

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