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ICD-10-CM Codes
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S00-T88
Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes
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S00-S09
Injuries to the head
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S09-
Other and unspecified injuries of head
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2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code S09.3
2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code S09.3
Other specified and unspecified injury of middle and inner ear
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
- S09.3 should not be used for reimbursement purposes as there are multiple codes below it that contain a greater level of detail.
- Short description: Oth and unspecified injury of middle and inner ear
- The 2021 edition of ICD-10-CM S09.3 became effective on October 1, 2020.
- This is the American ICD-10-CM version of S09.3 - other international versions of ICD-10 S09.3 may differ.
Type 1 ExcludesType 1 Excludes Help
A type 1 excludes note is a pure excludes. It means "not coded here". A type 1 excludes note indicates that the code excluded should never be used at the same time as S09.3. A type 1 excludes note is for used for when two conditions cannot occur together, such as a congenital form versus an acquired form of the same condition.
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 (S09.3) and the excluded code together.
- injury to external ear (
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code S00.4
Superficial injury of ear
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
S00.4-, ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code S01.3
Open wound of ear
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
S01.3-, ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code S08.1
Traumatic amputation of ear
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
S08.1-)
The following code(s) above
S09.3 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
S09.3:
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
ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To S09.3
S09.21 Traumatic rupture of right ear drum
S09.22 Traumatic rupture of left ear drum
S09.3
Other specified and unspecified injury of middle and inner ear
S09.30 Unspecified injury of middle and inner ear
S09.301 Unspecified injury of right middle and inner ear
S09.302 Unspecified injury of left middle and inner ear
S09.309 Unspecified injury of unspecified middle and inner ear
Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.