Section
H60.0
Abscess of external ear
Hierarchy
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H60-H95 Diseases of the ear and mastoid process (H60-H95)
Notes
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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
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Boil of external ear
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Carbuncle of auricle or external auditory canal
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Furuncle of external ear
Excludes 2
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certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
- A00-B99 Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
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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)
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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)
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symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)