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H60.599 - Other noninfective acute otitis externa, unspecified ear
ICD-10-CM Chapter 8: Diseases of the ear and mastoid process · H60-H62 Diseases of external ear (H60-H62) · Subcategory of H60.59 · FY2027
Includes, Excludes and Coding Notes
Excludes 2 — Not Included HereFrom Chapter H60-H95
Not part of this code; report both codes when the patient has both conditions.
- 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)
NotesFrom Chapter H60-H95
Instructional notes from the ICD-10-CM tabular list.
- 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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