2024 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code H73
Other disorders of tympanic membrane
- ICD-10-CM Code:
- H73
- ICD-10 Code for:
- Other disorders of tympanic membrane
- Is Billable?
- Not Valid for Submission
- Code Navigator:
H73 is a non-specific and non-billable diagnosis code code, consider using a code with a higher level of specificity for a diagnosis of other disorders of tympanic membrane. The code is not specific and is NOT valid for the year 2024 for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions. Category or Header define the heading of a category of codes that may be further subdivided by the use of 4th, 5th, 6th or 7th characters.
Specific Coding Applicable to Other disorders of tympanic membrane
Non-specific codes like H73 require more digits to indicate the appropriate level of specificity. Consider using any of the following ICD-10-CM codes with a higher level of specificity when coding for other disorders of tympanic membrane:
H73.0 for Acute myringitis - NON-BILLABLE CODE
H73.00 for Unspecified acute myringitis - NON-BILLABLE CODE
H73.01 for Bullous myringitis - NON-BILLABLE CODE
H73.09 for Other acute myringitis - NON-BILLABLE CODE
H73.1 for Chronic myringitis - NON-BILLABLE CODE
Use H73.10 for Chronic myringitis, unspecified ear - BILLABLE CODE
Use H73.11 for Chronic myringitis, right ear - BILLABLE CODE
Use H73.12 for Chronic myringitis, left ear - BILLABLE CODE
Use H73.13 for Chronic myringitis, bilateral - BILLABLE CODE
H73.2 for Unspecified myringitis - NON-BILLABLE CODE
Use H73.20 for Unspecified myringitis, unspecified ear - BILLABLE CODE
Use H73.21 for Unspecified myringitis, right ear - BILLABLE CODE
Use H73.22 for Unspecified myringitis, left ear - BILLABLE CODE
Use H73.23 for Unspecified myringitis, bilateral - BILLABLE CODE
H73.8 for Other specified disorders of tympanic membrane - NON-BILLABLE CODE
H73.81 for Atrophic flaccid tympanic membrane - NON-BILLABLE CODE
H73.82 for Atrophic nonflaccid tympanic membrane - NON-BILLABLE CODE
H73.89 for Other specified disorders of tympanic membrane - NON-BILLABLE CODE
H73.9 for Unspecified disorder of tympanic membrane - NON-BILLABLE CODE
Use H73.90 for Unspecified disorder of tympanic membrane, unspecified ear - BILLABLE CODE
Use H73.91 for Unspecified disorder of tympanic membrane, right ear - BILLABLE CODE
Use H73.92 for Unspecified disorder of tympanic membrane, left ear - BILLABLE CODE
Use H73.93 for Unspecified disorder of tympanic membrane, bilateral - BILLABLE CODE
Patient Education
Ear Disorders
Your ear has three main parts: outer, middle and inner. You use all of them in hearing. Sound waves come in through your outer ear. They reach your middle ear, where they make your eardrum vibrate. The vibrations are transmitted through three tiny bones, called ossicles, in your middle ear. The vibrations travel to your inner ear, a snail-shaped organ. The inner ear makes the nerve impulses that are sent to the brain. Your brain recognizes them as sounds. The inner ear also controls balance.
A variety of conditions may affect your hearing or balance:
- Ear infections are the most common illness in infants and young children.
- Tinnitus, a roaring in your ears, can be the result of loud noises, medicines or a variety of other causes.
- Meniere's disease may be the result of fluid problems in your inner ear; its symptoms include tinnitus and dizziness.
- Ear barotrauma is an injury to your ear because of changes in barometric (air) or water pressure.
Some ear disorders can result in hearing disorders and deafness.
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Code History
- FY 2024 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2023 through 9/30/2024
- FY 2023 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2022 through 9/30/2023
- FY 2022 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2021 through 9/30/2022
- FY 2021 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2020 through 9/30/2021
- FY 2020 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2019 through 9/30/2020
- FY 2019 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2018 through 9/30/2019
- FY 2018 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2017 through 9/30/2018
- FY 2017 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2016 through 9/30/2017
- FY 2016 - New Code, effective from 10/1/2015 through 9/30/2016. This was the first year ICD-10-CM was implemented into the HIPAA code set.