Code: H67.9
Code Name: ICD-10 Code for Otitis media in diseases classified elsewhere, unspecified ear
Block: Diseases of middle ear and mastoid (H65-H75)
Details: Otitis media in diseases classified elsewhere, unspecified ear
H67
Code first underlying disease, such as:viral disease NEC (B00-B34)
Use additional code for any associated perforated tympanic membrane (H72.-)
Excludes1: otitis media in:influenza (J09.X9, J10.83, J11.83)
measles (B05.3)
scarlet fever (A38.0)
tuberculosis (A18.6)
Guidelines: Diseases of the ear and mastoid process (H60-H95)
Excludes 2: certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
neoplasms (C00-D49)
symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)
Note: 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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