ICD-10-CM Codes
H60-H95
H65-H75
H71-
2023 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code H71.91

2023 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code H71.91

Unspecified cholesteatoma, right ear

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Billable/Specific Code

H71.91 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 H71.91 became effective on October 1, 2022.
This is the American ICD-10-CM version of H71.91 - other international versions of ICD-10 H71.91 may differ.

The following code(s) above H71.91 contain annotation back-references

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Code Also annotations, or
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Excludes1 annotations, or
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that may be applicable to H71.91:

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
H71
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code H71
Cholesteatoma of middle ear
Type 2 Excludes
- cholesteatoma of external ear (H60.4-)
- recurrent cholesteatoma of postmastoidectomy cavity (H95.0-)
Cholesteatoma of middle ear

Approximate Synonyms

Cholesteatoma of right ear
Cholesteatoma of right middle ear
Cholesterin granuloma of right middle ear
Cholesterol granuloma of right middle ear
Right ear cholesteatoma
Right middle ear cholesteatoma

ICD-10-CM H71.91 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v40.0):

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 H71.91 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 H71.91

H71.21 …… right ear

H71.22 …… left ear

H71.23 …… bilateral

H71.3 Diffuse cholesteatosis

H71.30 …… unspecified ear

H71.31 …… right ear

H71.32 …… left ear

H71.33 …… bilateral

H71.9 Unspecified cholesteatoma

H71.90 …… unspecified ear

H71.91 …… right ear

H71.92 …… left ear

H71.93 …… bilateral

H72 Perforation of tympanic membrane

H72.0 Central perforation of tympanic membrane

H72.00 …… unspecified ear

H72.01 …… right ear

H72.02 …… left ear

H72.03 …… bilateral

H72.1 Attic perforation of tympanic membrane

H72.10 …… 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 H71.91

Unspecified cholesteatoma, right ear

Diseases of the ear and mastoid process

Cholesteatoma of middle ear