H67Non-billableSave

H67 - Otitis media in diseases classified elsewhere

ICD-10-CM Chapter 8: Diseases of the ear and mastoid process · H65-H75 Diseases of middle ear and mastoid (H65-H75) · Top-level category · FY2027

Coding Guidance

H67 is a non-billable heading. Report one of the 4 more specific codes below.

Includes, Excludes and Coding Notes

Excludes 1 — Not Coded HereFrom H67

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

otitis media in:
influenza (J09.X9, J10.83, J11.83)
measles (B05.3)
scarlet fever (A38.0)
tuberculosis (A18.6)

Use Additional CodeFrom H67

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

Code FirstFrom H67

Sequence the underlying condition before this code.

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

Chapter Information

Chapter 8: Diseases of the ear and mastoid process

Related ICD-10 Codes

More specific codes for H67

Other categories in this chapter

Codes at the same level as H67