H65.90Billable
Unspecified nonsuppurative otitis media, unspecified ear
Chapter 7: Diseases of the eye and adnexa
Billable Code
H65.90 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
View documentation for middle ear effusion
middle ear effusion
View TemplatesOtitis Media with Effusion
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.
Parent Codes Referenced:
Inclusion Terms
9 items
Inclusion Terms
From H65.9:
- •Allergic otitis media NOS
- •Catarrhal otitis media NOS
- •Exudative otitis media NOS
- •Mucoid otitis media NOS
- •Otitis media with effusion (nonpurulent) NOS
- •Secretory otitis media NOS
- •Seromucinous otitis media NOS
- •Serous otitis media NOS
- •Transudative otitis media NOS
Includes
1 item
Includes
From H65:
- •nonsuppurative otitis media with myringitis
Excludes2
11 items
Excludes2
From H00-H59:
- •certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
- •certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
- •
- •congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
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- •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)
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Use Additional Code
9 items
Use Additional Code
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
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Notes
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