ICD-10-CM Codes
H60-H95 Diseases of the ear and mastoid process
H60-H62 Diseases of external ear
H61- Other disorders of external ear
2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code H61.819

2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code H61.819

Exostosis of external canal, unspecified ear

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Billable/Specific Code

H61.819 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
The 2021 edition of ICD-10-CM H61.819 became effective on October 1, 2020.
This is the American ICD-10-CM version of H61.819 - other international versions of ICD-10 H61.819 may differ.

The following code(s) above H61.819 contain annotation back-references

Annotation Back-References

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Code Also annotations, or
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Excludes1 annotations, or
Excludes2 annotations, or
Includes annotations, or
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that may be applicable to H61.819:

H60-H95
2021 ICD-10-CM Range H60-H95
Diseases of the ear and mastoid process
Note
- Use an external cause code following the code for the ear condition, if applicable, to identify the cause of the ear condition
Type 2 Excludes
- 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)
Diseases of the ear and mastoid process

Approximate Synonyms

Exostosis of external ear canal
External ear canal exostosis

ICD-10-CM H61.819 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v38.0):

154 Other ear, nose, mouth and throat diagnoses with mcc
155 Other ear, nose, mouth and throat diagnoses with cc
156 Other ear, nose, mouth and throat diagnoses without cc/mcc

Convert H61.819 to ICD-9-CM

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 H61.819

H61.39 Other acquired stenosis of external ear canal

H61.391 Other acquired stenosis of right external ear canal

H61.392 Other acquired stenosis of left external ear canal

H61.393 …… bilateral

H61.399 …… unspecified ear

H61.8 Other specified disorders of external ear

H61.81 Exostosis of external canal

H61.811 Exostosis of right external canal

H61.812 Exostosis of left external canal

H61.813 …… bilateral

H61.819 …… unspecified ear

H61.89 Other specified disorders of external ear

H61.891 Other specified disorders of right external ear

H61.892 Other specified disorders of left external ear

H61.893 …… bilateral

H61.899 …… unspecified ear

H61.9 Disorder of external ear, unspecified

H61.90 …… unspecified ear

H61.91 Disorder of right external ear, unspecified

H61.92 Disorder of left external ear, unspecified

H61.93 …… bilateral

Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.

2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code H61.819

Exostosis of external canal, unspecified ear

Diseases of the ear and mastoid process