kodex

Kodex

ICD-10-CM
Section

H60.0

Abscess of external ear

Hierarchy

  • H60-H95 Diseases of the ear and mastoid process (H60-H95)
    • H60-H62 Diseases of external ear (H60-H62)
      • H60 Otitis externa
        • H60.0 Abscess of external ear
          • H60.00 Abscess of external ear, unspecified ear
          • H60.01 Abscess of right external ear
          • H60.02 Abscess of left external ear
          • H60.03 Abscess of external ear, bilateral

Notes

H60-H95

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

Inclusion Terms

H60.0

  • Boil of external ear
  • Carbuncle of auricle or external auditory canal
  • Furuncle of external ear

Excludes 2

H60-H95

  • certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
  • A00-B99 Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
  • complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
    • O00-O9A Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
  • Q00-Q99 Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
  • endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
  • S00-T88 Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
  • C00-D49 Neoplasms (C00-D49)
  • symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)