H92Non-billableSave
H92 - Otalgia and effusion of ear
ICD-10-CM Chapter 8: Diseases of the ear and mastoid process · H90-H94 Other disorders of ear (H90-H94) · Top-level category · FY2027
Coding Guidance
H92 is a non-billable heading. Report one of the 3 more specific codes below.
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
More Specific Codes (3)
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Chapter Information
Related ICD-10 Codes
More specific codes for H92
Other categories in this chapter
Codes at the same level as H92
- Otitis externaH60
- Other disorders of external earH61
- Disorders of external ear in diseases classified elsewhereH62
- Nonsuppurative otitis mediaH65
- Suppurative and unspecified otitis mediaH66
- Otitis media in diseases classified elsewhereH67
- Eustachian salpingitis and obstructionH68
- Other and unspecified disorders of Eustachian tubeH69
- Mastoiditis and related conditionsH70
- Cholesteatoma of middle earH71
- Perforation of tympanic membraneH72
- Other disorders of tympanic membraneH73
- Other disorders of middle ear mastoidH74
- Other disorders of middle ear and mastoid in diseases classified elsewhereH75
- OtosclerosisH80
- Disorders of vestibular functionH81
- Vertiginous syndromes in diseases classified elsewhereH82
- Other diseases of inner earH83
- Conductive and sensorineural hearing lossH90
- Other and unspecified hearing lossH91
- Other disorders of ear, not elsewhere classifiedH93
- Other disorders of ear in diseases classified elsewhereH94
- Intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of ear and mastoid process, not elsewhere classifiedH95