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H65.02
Billable

Acute serous otitis media, left ear

Chapter 7: Diseases of the eye and adnexa

Billable Code

H65.02 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.

Referenced in Diagnoses

Conditions that use this ICD-10 code in their documentation

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acute otitis media left ear
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Acute Otitis Media, Left Ear

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left ear infection
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Otitis Media, Left Ear

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left otitis media
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Otitis Media of the Left Ear

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otitis media left ear
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Otitis Media of the Left Ear

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serous otitis media
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Serous Otitis Media

Additional Information from Parent Codes

The following information may apply to this code from its parent codes in the ICD-10 hierarchy. This information is important for proper coding and classification.

Inclusion Terms

1 item

From H65.0:

  • Acute and subacute secretory otitis

Includes

1 item

From H65:

  • nonsuppurative otitis media with myringitis

Excludes2

11 items

From H00-H59:

  • 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)
  • diabetes mellitus related eye conditions (E09.3-, E10.3-, E11.3-, E13.3-)
  • endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
  • injury (trauma) of eye and orbit (S05.-)
  • 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)
  • syphilis related eye disorders (A50.01, A50.3-, A51.43, A52.71)

Use Additional Code

9 items

From H65:

  • code for any associated perforated tympanic membrane (H72.-)
  • code, if applicable, to identify:
  • exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z77.22)
  • exposure to tobacco smoke in the perinatal period (P96.81)
  • history of tobacco dependence (Z87.891)
  • infectious agent (B95-B97)
  • occupational exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z57.31)
  • tobacco dependence (F17.-)
  • tobacco use (Z72.0)

Notes

1 item

From H00-H59:

  • Use an external cause code following the code for the eye condition, if applicable, to identify the cause of the eye condition
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