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ICD-10-CM Code for Acute serous otitis media, recurrent, bilateral H65.06

ICD-10 code H65.06 for Acute serous otitis media, recurrent, bilateral is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Diseases of the ear and mastoid process .

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Acute serous otitis media, recurrent, bilateral

H65

Includes: nonsuppurative otitis media with myringitis

Use additional code, if applicable, to identify:
exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z77.22)
exposure to tobacco smoke in the perinatal period (P96.81)
history of tobacco dependence (Z87.891)
infectious agent (B95-B97)
occupational exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z57.31)
tobacco dependence (F17.-)
tobacco use (Z72.0)

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