ICD-10-CM Chapter 8
Diseases of the ear and mastoid process
Chapter 8 of the 2016 edition of the ICD-10-CM contains ICD codes that cover diseases of the ear and mastoid process, in the code range H60-H95.
Code Range | Section Description |
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H60-H62 | Diseases of external ear |
H65-H75 | Diseases of middle ear and mastoid |
H80-H83 | Diseases of inner ear |
H90-H94 | Other disorders of ear |
H95 | Intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of ear and mastoid process, not elsewhere classified |
Coding Notes for Chapter 8
- Chapter Notes:
- Use an external cause code following the code for the ear condition, if applicable, to identify the cause of the ear condition
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Chapter 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." - Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period - instead, use Section P04-P96
- Certain infectious and parasitic diseases - instead, use Section A00-B99
- Complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium - instead, use Section O00-O9A
- Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities - instead, use Section Q00-Q99
- Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases - instead, use Section E00-E88
- Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes - instead, use Section S00-T88
- Neoplasms - instead, use Section C00-D49
- Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified - instead, use Section R00-R94