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H65.197 - Other acute nonsuppurative otitis media recurrent, unspecified ear

ICD-10-CM Chapter 8: Diseases of the ear and mastoid process · H65-H75 Diseases of middle ear and mastoid (H65-H75) · Subcategory of H65.19 · FY2027

Includes, Excludes and Coding Notes

Excludes 1 — Not Coded HereFrom H65.1

Mutually exclusive: these conditions are never reported together with this code.

  • otitic barotrauma (T70.0)
  • otitis media (acute) NOS (H66.9)
IncludesFrom H65

Conditions this code covers.

  • nonsuppurative otitis media with myringitis
Use Additional CodeFrom H65

Add a secondary code to identify the associated condition or cause when it is documented.

  • code for any associated perforated tympanic membrane (H72.-)
  • 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)
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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