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ICD-10-CM Code for Attic perforation of tympanic membrane H72.1

ICD-10 code H72.1 for Attic perforation of tympanic membrane 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

Attic perforation of tympanic membrane
Perforation of pars flaccida

H72

Includes: persistent post-traumatic perforation of ear drum
postinflammatory perforation of ear drum

Excludes1: acute suppurative otitis media with rupture of the tympanic membrane (H66.01-)
traumatic rupture of ear drum (S09.2-)

Code first any associated otitis media (H65.-, H66.1-, H66.2-, H66.3-, H66.4-, H66.9-, H67.-)

 
H72.1 Attic perforation of tympanic membrane
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Attic perforation of tympanic membrane, unspecified ear
Child Code
Attic perforation of tympanic membrane, right ear
Child Code
Attic perforation of tympanic membrane, left ear
Child Code
Attic perforation of tympanic membrane, bilateral

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