Kodex

Section

H72.81

Multiple perforations of tympanic membrane

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
    - H72.8 Other perforations of tympanic membrane
      - H72.81 Multiple perforations of tympanic membrane
        
        H72.811 Multiple perforations of tympanic membrane, right ear
        
        H72.812 Multiple perforations of tympanic membrane, left ear
        
        H72.813 Multiple perforations of tympanic membrane, bilateral
        
        H72.819 Multiple perforations of tympanic membrane, unspecified ear

Notes

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

Code First

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

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

Excludes 1

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

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)