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ICD-10-CM Code for Chronic serous otitis media H65.2

ICD-10 code H65.2 for Chronic serous otitis media is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Diseases of the ear and mastoid process .

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Official Long Descriptor

Chronic serous otitis media
Chronic tubotympanal catarrh

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)

 
H65.2 Chronic serous otitis media
Child Code
Chronic serous otitis media, unspecified ear
Child Code
Chronic serous otitis media, right ear
Child Code
Chronic serous otitis media, left ear
Child Code
Chronic serous otitis media, bilateral

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