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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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H65-H75
Diseases of middle ear and mastoid
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H65-
Nonsuppurative otitis media
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2020 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code H65.23
2020 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code H65.23
Chronic serous otitis media, bilateral
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Billable/Specific Code
- H65.23 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
- The 2020 edition of ICD-10-CM H65.23 became effective on October 1, 2019.
- This is the American ICD-10-CM version of H65.23 - other international versions of ICD-10 H65.23 may differ.
The following code(s) above
H65.23 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
H65.23:
- H60-H95
2020 ICD-10-CM Range H60-H95
Diseases of the ear and mastoid processNote- 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)
- H65
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code H65
Nonsuppurative otitis media
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
Includes- nonsuppurative otitis media with myringitis
Use Additional- code for any associated perforated tympanic membrane (H72.-)
- H65.2
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code H65.2
Chronic serous otitis media
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
Applicable To- Chronic tubotympanal catarrh
- Bilateral chronic serosanguineous otitis media
- Bilateral chronic serous otitis
- Both sides chronic serosanguineous otitis media
- Both sides chronic serous otitis media
ICD-10-CM H65.23 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v37.0):
- 152 Otitis media and uri with mcc
- 153 Otitis media and uri without mcc
Convert H65.23 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
ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To H65.23
H65.197 …… recurrent, unspecified ear
H65.2 Chronic serous otitis media
H65.23
…… bilateral
H65.3 Chronic mucoid otitis media
H65.4 Other chronic nonsuppurative otitis media
H65.41 Chronic allergic otitis media
Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.
