Instruction Source: H67.3
Otitis media in diseases classified elsewhere, bilateral
Instruction Source: H67
Otitis media in diseases classified elsewhere
Excludes 1 (Mutually Exclusive)
- influenza (J09.X9, J10.83, J11.83)
- measles (B05.3)
- otitis media in:
- scarlet fever (A38.0)
- tuberculosis (A18.6)
Instruction Source: H65-H75
Diseases of middle ear and mastoid (H65-H75)
Instruction Source: H60-H95
Diseases of the ear and mastoid process
Excludes 2 (Not Included Here)
- 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)
Clinical Notes
- Use an external cause code following the code for the ear condition, if applicable, to identify the cause of the ear condition