Diseases of the ear and mastoid process (H60–H95)

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

Excludes2: certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96), certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99), complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A), congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99), endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88), injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88), neoplasms (C00-D49), symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)

• Visual disturbances and blindness (H53-H54)

  • Visual disturbances (H53)
  • Blindness and low vision (H54)

• Other disorders of eye and adnexa (H55-H57)

  • Nystagmus and other irregular eye movements (H55)
  • Other disorders of eye and adnexa (H57)

• Intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of eye and adnexa, not elsewhere classified (H59)

  • Intraop and postproc comp and disord of eye and adnexa, NEC (H59)

• Diseases of external ear (H60-H62)

  • Otitis externa (H60)
  • Other disorders of external ear (H61)
  • Disorders of external ear in diseases classified elsewhere (H62)

• Diseases of middle ear and mastoid (H65-H75)

  • Nonsuppurative otitis media (H65)
  • Suppurative and unspecified otitis media (H66)
  • Otitis media in diseases classified elsewhere (H67)
  • Eustachian salpingitis and obstruction (H68)
  • Other and unspecified disorders of Eustachian tube (H69)
  • Mastoiditis and related conditions (H70)
  • Cholesteatoma of middle ear (H71)
  • Perforation of tympanic membrane (H72)
  • Other disorders of tympanic membrane (H73)
  • Other disorders of middle ear mastoid (H74)
  • Oth disord of mid ear and mastoid in diseases classd elswhr (H75)

• Diseases of inner ear (H80-H83)

  • Otosclerosis (H80)
  • Disorders of vestibular function (H81)
  • Vertiginous syndromes in diseases classified elsewhere (H82)
  • Other diseases of inner ear (H83)

• Other disorders of ear (H90-H94)

  • Conductive and sensorineural hearing loss (H90)
  • Other and unspecified hearing loss (H91)
  • Otalgia and effusion of ear (H92)
  • Other disorders of ear, not elsewhere classified (H93)
  • Other disorders of ear in diseases classified elsewhere (H94)

• Intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of ear and mastoid process, not elsewhere classified (H95)

  • Intraop and postproc comp and disorders of ear/mastd, NEC (H95)