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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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H71-
Cholesteatoma of middle ear
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2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code H71
2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code H71
Cholesteatoma of middle ear
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
- H71 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 H71 became effective on October 1, 2020.
- This is the American ICD-10-CM version of H71 - other international versions of ICD-10 H71 may differ.
Type 2 ExcludesType 2 Excludes Help
A type 2 excludes note represents "not included here". A type 2 excludes note indicates that the condition excluded is not part of the condition it is excluded from but a patient may have both conditions at the same time. When a type 2 excludes note appears under a code it is acceptable to use both the code (H71) and the excluded code together.
The following code(s) above
H71 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
H71:
- A mass of keratin-producing squamous epithelium that resembles an inverted (suck-in) bag of skin in the middle ear. It arises from the eardrum (tympanic membrane) and grows into the middle ear causing erosion of ear ossicles and mastoid that contains the inner ear.
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
Code annotations containing back-references to H71:
ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To H71
H70.89 Other mastoiditis and related conditions
H70.9 Unspecified mastoiditis
H71
Cholesteatoma of middle ear
H71.0 Cholesteatoma of attic
H71.1 Cholesteatoma of tympanum
Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.
