H72.10 Attic perforation of tympanic membrane, unspecified ear
Instructional Notes:
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H72.10
Description: Attic perforation of tympanic membrane, unspecified ear
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H72.1
Description: Attic perforation of tympanic membrane
Inclusion Term:
- Perforation of pars flaccida
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H72
Description: Perforation of tympanic membrane
Exclude1:
- acute suppurative otitis media with rupture of the tympanic membrane (H66.01-)
- traumatic rupture of ear drum (S09.2-)
Code First:
- any associated otitis media (H65.-, H66.1-, H66.2-, H66.3-, H66.4-, H66.9-, H67.-)
Include:
- persistent post-traumatic perforation of ear drum
- postinflammatory perforation of ear drum
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H65-H75
Description: Diseases of middle ear and mastoid (H65-H75)
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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)
Notes:
- Use an external cause code following the code for the ear condition, if applicable, to identify the cause of the ear condition