kodex

Kodex

ICD-10-CM
Code

H62.8X9

Other disorders of external ear in diseases classified elsewhere, unspecified ear

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Hierarchy

  • H60-H95 Diseases of the ear and mastoid process (H60-H95)
    • H60-H62 Diseases of external ear (H60-H62)
      • H62 Disorders of external ear in diseases classified elsewhere
        • H62.8 Other disorders of external ear in diseases classified elsewhere
          • H62.8X Other disorders of external ear in diseases classified elsewhere
            • H62.8X1 Other disorders of right external ear in diseases classified elsewhere
            • H62.8X2 Other disorders of left external ear in diseases classified elsewhere
            • H62.8X3 Other disorders of external ear in diseases classified elsewhere, bilateral
            • H62.8X9 Other disorders of external ear in diseases classified elsewhere, unspecified ear

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

Code First

H62.8

  • underlying disease, such as:
  • gout (M1A.-, M10.-)

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)