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ICD-10 H71 - Cholesteatoma of middle ear
Chapter 8 Section H65-H75

H71

ICD-10 Not billable

Cholesteatoma of middle ear

Specifically for this code:
  • cholesteatoma of external ear (H60.4-)
  • recurrent cholesteatoma of postmastoidectomy cavity (H95.0-)
From Chapter 8:
  • 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)
From Chapter 8:
  • Use an external cause code following the code for the ear condition, if applicable, to identify the cause of the ear condition
H71 is a "category code," which means it's non-billable. Billable codes require more specificity. Use the list below to navigate to codes that are more specific:
10
H71.0
Cholesteatoma of attic
10
H71.1
Cholesteatoma of tympanum
10
H71.2
Cholesteatoma of mastoid
10
H71.3
Diffuse cholesteatosis
10
H71.9
Unspecified cholesteatoma
      
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