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H72.821 - Total perforations of tympanic membrane, right 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 H72.82 · FY2027

Includes, Excludes and Coding Notes

IncludesFrom H72

Conditions this code covers.

  • persistent post-traumatic perforation of ear drum
  • postinflammatory perforation of ear drum
Excludes 1 — Not Coded HereFrom H72

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

  • acute suppurative otitis media with rupture of the tympanic membrane (H66.01-)
  • traumatic rupture of ear drum (S09.2-)
Code FirstFrom H72

Sequence the underlying condition before this code.

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