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ICD-10-CM Codes
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H60-H95
Diseases of the ear and mastoid process
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H60-H62
Diseases of external ear
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H60-
Otitis externa
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2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code H60
2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code H60
Otitis externa
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
- H60 should not be used for reimbursement purposes as there are multiple codes below it that contain a greater level of detail.
- The 2021 edition of ICD-10-CM H60 became effective on October 1, 2020.
- This is the American ICD-10-CM version of H60 - other international versions of ICD-10 H60 may differ.
The following code(s) above
H60 contain annotation back-references
Annotation Back-References
In this context, annotation back-references refer to codes that contain:
- Applicable To annotations, or
- Code Also annotations, or
- Code First annotations, or
- Excludes1 annotations, or
- Excludes2 annotations, or
- Includes annotations, or
- Note annotations, or
- Use Additional annotations
that may be applicable to
H60:
Clinical Information
- A disorder characterized by inflammation, swelling and redness to the outer ear and ear canal.
- An acute or chronic inflammatory process involving the skin of the outer ear and the ear canal.
- Inflammation of the outer ear including the external ear canal, cartilages of the auricle (ear cartilage), and the tympanic membrane.
Code History
- 2016 (effective 10/1/2015): New code (first year of non-draft ICD-10-CM)
- 2017 (effective 10/1/2016): No change
- 2018 (effective 10/1/2017): No change
- 2019 (effective 10/1/2018): No change
- 2020 (effective 10/1/2019): No change
- 2021 (effective 10/1/2020): No change
ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To H60
H59.8 Other intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of eye and adnexa, not elsewhere classified
H59.81 Chorioretinal scars after surgery for detachment
H59.88 Other intraoperative complications of eye and adnexa, not elsewhere classified
H59.89 Other postprocedural complications and disorders of eye and adnexa, not elsewhere classified
H60
Otitis externa
H60.0 Abscess of external ear
H60.01 Abscess of right external ear
H60.02 Abscess of left external ear
H60.1 Cellulitis of external ear
H60.11 Cellulitis of right external ear
H60.12 Cellulitis of left external ear
Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.