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Version 2024
Non-Billable Code

2024 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code H68.0

Eustachian salpingitis

ICD-10-CM Code:
H68.0
ICD-10 Code for:
Eustachian salpingitis
Is Billable?
Not Valid for Submission
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Code Classification

  • Diseases of the ear and mastoid process
    (H60–H95)
    • Diseases of middle ear and mastoid
      (H65-H75)
      • Eustachian salpingitis and obstruction
        (H68)

H68.0 is a non-specific and non-billable diagnosis code code, consider using a code with a higher level of specificity for a diagnosis of eustachian salpingitis. 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 Eustachian salpingitis

Non-specific codes like H68.0 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 eustachian salpingitis:

  • H68.00 for Unspecified Eustachian salpingitis - NON-BILLABLE CODE

  • Use H68.001 for Unspecified Eustachian salpingitis, right ear - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use H68.002 for Unspecified Eustachian salpingitis, left ear - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use H68.003 for Unspecified Eustachian salpingitis, bilateral - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use H68.009 for Unspecified Eustachian salpingitis, unspecified ear - BILLABLE CODE

  • H68.01 for Acute Eustachian salpingitis - NON-BILLABLE CODE

  • Use H68.011 for Acute Eustachian salpingitis, right ear - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use H68.012 for Acute Eustachian salpingitis, left ear - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use H68.013 for Acute Eustachian salpingitis, bilateral - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use H68.019 for Acute Eustachian salpingitis, unspecified ear - BILLABLE CODE

  • H68.02 for Chronic Eustachian salpingitis - NON-BILLABLE CODE

  • Use H68.021 for Chronic Eustachian salpingitis, right ear - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use H68.022 for Chronic Eustachian salpingitis, left ear - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use H68.023 for Chronic Eustachian salpingitis, bilateral - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use H68.029 for Chronic Eustachian salpingitis, unspecified ear - 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.