kodex

Kodex

ICD-10-CM
Code

H72.03

Central perforation of tympanic membrane, bilateral

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Hierarchy

  • H60-H95 Diseases of the ear and mastoid process (H60-H95)
    • H65-H75 Diseases of middle ear and mastoid (H65-H75)
      • H72 Perforation of tympanic membrane
        • H72.0 Central perforation of tympanic membrane
          • H72.00 Central perforation of tympanic membrane, unspecified ear
          • H72.01 Central perforation of tympanic membrane, right ear
          • H72.02 Central perforation of tympanic membrane, left ear
          • H72.03 Central perforation of tympanic membrane, 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

Code First

H72

  • any associated otitis media (H65.-, H66.1-, H66.2-, H66.3-, H66.4-, H66.9-, H67.-)
    • H65 Nonsuppurative otitis media
    • H66.1 Chronic tubotympanic suppurative otitis media
    • H66.2 Chronic atticoantral suppurative otitis media
    • H66.3 Other chronic suppurative otitis media
    • H66.4 Suppurative otitis media, unspecified
    • H66.9 Otitis media, unspecified
    • H67 Otitis media in diseases classified elsewhere

Includes

H72

  • persistent post-traumatic perforation of ear drum
  • postinflammatory perforation of ear drum

Excludes 1

H72

  • acute suppurative otitis media with rupture of the tympanic membrane (H66.01-)
    • H66.01 Acute suppurative otitis media with spontaneous rupture of ear drum
  • S09.2 Traumatic rupture of ear drum

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)