H60.12 Cellulitis of left external ear
Instructional Notes:
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H60.12
Description: Cellulitis of left external ear
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H60.1
Description: Cellulitis of external ear
Inclusion Term:- Cellulitis of auricle
- Cellulitis of external auditory canal
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H60
Description: Otitis externa
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H60-H62
Description: Diseases of external ear (H60-H62)
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H60-H95
Description: Diseases of the ear and mastoid process
Exclude2:- 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)
- Use an external cause code following the code for the ear condition, if applicable, to identify the cause of the ear condition