ICD-10-CM Codes
H60-H95
H65-H75
H66-
2023 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code H66.00

2023 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code H66.00

Acute suppurative otitis media without spontaneous rupture of ear drum

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Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code

H66.00 should not be used for reimbursement purposes as there are multiple codes below it that contain a greater level of detail.
Short description: Acute suppurative otitis media w/o spontaneous rupt ear drum
The 2023 edition of ICD-10-CM H66.00 became effective on October 1, 2022.
This is the American ICD-10-CM version of H66.00 - other international versions of ICD-10 H66.00 may differ.

The following code(s) above H66.00 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 H66.00:

H60-H95
2023 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
H66
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code H66
Suppurative and unspecified otitis media
Includes
- suppurative and unspecified otitis media with myringitis
Use Additional
- code to identify:
- exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z77.22)
- exposure to tobacco smoke in the perinatal period (P96.81)
- history of tobacco dependence (Z87.891)
- occupational exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z57.31)
- tobacco dependence (F17.-)
- tobacco use (Z72.0)
Suppurative and unspecified otitis media

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
2022 (effective 10/1/2021): No change
2023 (effective 10/1/2022): No change

Diagnosis Index entries containing back-references to H66.00:

Otitis (acute) H66.90
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code H66.90
Otitis media, unspecified, unspecified ear
- media (hemorrhagic) (staphylococcal) (streptococcal) H66.9-
  ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code H66.9-
  Otitis media, unspecified
  2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
  Applicable To
  Otitis media NOS
  Acute otitis media NOS
  Chronic otitis media NOS
  Use Additional
  code for any associated perforated tympanic membrane (H72.-)
  - suppurative H66.4-
    ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code H66.4-
    Suppurative otitis media, unspecified
    2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
    Applicable To
    Purulent otitis media NOS
    Use Additional
    code for any associated perforated tympanic membrane (H72.-)
    - acute H66.00-
      - recurrent H66.00-

ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To H66.00

H65.492 …… left ear

H65.493 …… bilateral

H65.499 …… unspecified ear

H65.9 Unspecified nonsuppurative otitis media

H65.90 …… unspecified ear

H65.91 …… right ear

H65.92 …… left ear

H65.93 …… bilateral

H66 Suppurative and unspecified otitis media

H66.0 Acute suppurative otitis media

H66.00 Acute suppurative otitis media without spontaneous rupture of ear drum

H66.001 …… right ear

H66.002 …… left ear

H66.003 …… bilateral

H66.004 …… recurrent, right ear

H66.005 …… recurrent, left ear

H66.006 …… recurrent, bilateral

H66.007 …… recurrent, unspecified ear

H66.009 …… unspecified ear

H66.01 Acute suppurative otitis media with spontaneous rupture of ear drum

H66.011 …… right ear

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

2023 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code H66.00

Acute suppurative otitis media without spontaneous rupture of ear drum

Diseases of the ear and mastoid process

Suppurative and unspecified otitis media

Otitis media, unspecified, unspecified ear

Otitis media, unspecified

Suppurative otitis media, unspecified