ICD-10-CM Codes
H60-H95
H65-H75
H70-
2023 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code H70.009

2023 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code H70.009

Acute mastoiditis without complications, unspecified ear

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Billable/Specific Code

H70.009 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
The 2023 edition of ICD-10-CM H70.009 became effective on October 1, 2022.
This is the American ICD-10-CM version of H70.009 - other international versions of ICD-10 H70.009 may differ.

The following code(s) above H70.009 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
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that may be applicable to H70.009:

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
H70.0
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code H70.0
Acute mastoiditis
Applicable To
- Abscess of mastoid
- Empyema of mastoid
Acute mastoiditis

Approximate Synonyms

Abscess of mastoid
Acute mastoiditis

ICD-10-CM H70.009 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v40.0):

152 Otitis media and uri with mcc
153 Otitis media and uri without mcc

Convert H70.009 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
2022 (effective 10/1/2021): No change
2023 (effective 10/1/2022): No change

ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To H70.009

H69.90 …… unspecified ear

H69.91 …… right ear

H69.92 …… left ear

H69.93 …… bilateral

H70 Mastoiditis and related conditions

H70.0 Acute mastoiditis

H70.00 Acute mastoiditis without complications

H70.001 …… right ear

H70.002 …… left ear

H70.003 …… bilateral

H70.009 …… unspecified ear

H70.01 Subperiosteal abscess of mastoid

H70.011 …… right ear

H70.012 …… left ear

H70.013 …… bilateral

H70.019 …… unspecified ear

H70.09 Acute mastoiditis with other complications

H70.091 …… right ear

H70.092 …… left ear

H70.093 …… bilateral

H70.099 …… unspecified 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 H70.009

Acute mastoiditis without complications, unspecified ear

Diseases of the ear and mastoid process

Acute mastoiditis