Suppurative and unspecified otitis media (H66)

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Clinical Information

Cerebrospinal Fluid Otorrhea - Discharge of cerebrospinal fluid through the external auditory meatus or through the eustachian tube into the nasopharynx. This is usually associated with CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA (e.g., SKULL FRACTURE involving the TEMPORAL BONE;), NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; or other conditions, but may rarely occur spontaneously. (From Am J Otol 1995 Nov;16(6):765-71)

Labyrinthitis - Inflammation of the inner ear (LABYRINTH).

Otitis - Inflammation of the ear, which may be marked by pain (EARACHE), fever, HEARING DISORDERS, and VERTIGO. Inflammation of the external ear is OTITIS EXTERNA; of the middle ear, OTITIS MEDIA; of the inner ear, LABYRINTHITIS.

Otitis Externa - Inflammation of the OUTER EAR including the external EAR CANAL, cartilages of the auricle (EAR CARTILAGE), and the TYMPANIC MEMBRANE.

Otitis Media - Inflammation of the MIDDLE EAR including the AUDITORY OSSICLES and the EUSTACHIAN TUBE.

Otitis Media with Effusion - Inflammation of the middle ear with a clear pale yellow-colored transudate.

Otitis Media, Suppurative - Inflammation of the middle ear with purulent discharge.

Petrositis - Inflammation of PETROUS BONE.

Petrous Bone - The dense rock-like part of temporal bone that contains the INNER EAR. Petrous bone is located at the base of the skull. Sometimes it is combined with the MASTOID PROCESS and called petromastoid part of temporal bone.

Instructional Notations

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  • suppurative and unspecified otitis media with myringitis

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  • exposure to environmental tobacco smoke Z77.22
  • exposure to tobacco smoke in the perinatal period P96.81
  • history of tobacco dependence Z87.891
  • occupational exposure to environmental tobacco smoke Z57.31
  • tobacco dependence F17
  • tobacco use Z72.0
  • Diseases of the ear and mastoid process (H60–H95)

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

        • Suppurative and unspecified otitis media (H66)

        • H66 Suppurative and unspecified otitis media
        • H66.0 Acute suppurative otitis media
        • H66.00 Acute suppurative otitis media without spontaneous rupture of ear drum
        • H66.001 Acute suppurative otitis media without spontaneous rupture of ear drum, right ear
        • H66.002 Acute suppurative otitis media without spontaneous rupture of ear drum, left ear
        • H66.003 Acute suppurative otitis media without spontaneous rupture of ear drum, bilateral
        • H66.004 Acute suppurative otitis media without spontaneous rupture of ear drum, recurrent, right ear
        • H66.005 Acute suppurative otitis media without spontaneous rupture of ear drum, recurrent, left ear
        • H66.006 Acute suppurative otitis media without spontaneous rupture of ear drum, recurrent, bilateral
        • H66.007 Acute suppurative otitis media without spontaneous rupture of ear drum, recurrent, unspecified ear
        • H66.009 Acute suppurative otitis media without spontaneous rupture of ear drum, unspecified ear
        • H66.01 Acute suppurative otitis media with spontaneous rupture of ear drum
        • H66.011 Acute suppurative otitis media with spontaneous rupture of ear drum, right ear
        • H66.012 Acute suppurative otitis media with spontaneous rupture of ear drum, left ear
        • H66.013 Acute suppurative otitis media with spontaneous rupture of ear drum, bilateral
        • H66.014 Acute suppurative otitis media with spontaneous rupture of ear drum, recurrent, right ear
        • H66.015 Acute suppurative otitis media with spontaneous rupture of ear drum, recurrent, left ear
        • H66.016 Acute suppurative otitis media with spontaneous rupture of ear drum, recurrent, bilateral
        • H66.017 Acute suppurative otitis media with spontaneous rupture of ear drum, recurrent, unspecified ear
        • H66.019 Acute suppurative otitis media with spontaneous rupture of ear drum, unspecified ear
        • H66.1 Chronic tubotympanic suppurative otitis media
        • H66.10 Chronic tubotympanic suppurative otitis media, unspecified
        • H66.11 Chronic tubotympanic suppurative otitis media, right ear
        • H66.12 Chronic tubotympanic suppurative otitis media, left ear
        • H66.13 Chronic tubotympanic suppurative otitis media, bilateral
        • H66.2 Chronic atticoantral suppurative otitis media
        • H66.20 Chronic atticoantral suppurative otitis media, unspecified ear
        • H66.21 Chronic atticoantral suppurative otitis media, right ear
        • H66.22 Chronic atticoantral suppurative otitis media, left ear
        • H66.23 Chronic atticoantral suppurative otitis media, bilateral
        • H66.3 Other chronic suppurative otitis media
        • H66.3X Other chronic suppurative otitis media
        • H66.3X1 Other chronic suppurative otitis media, right ear
        • H66.3X2 Other chronic suppurative otitis media, left ear
        • H66.3X3 Other chronic suppurative otitis media, bilateral
        • H66.3X9 Other chronic suppurative otitis media, unspecified ear
        • H66.4 Suppurative otitis media, unspecified
        • H66.40 Suppurative otitis media, unspecified, unspecified ear
        • H66.41 Suppurative otitis media, unspecified, right ear
        • H66.42 Suppurative otitis media, unspecified, left ear
        • H66.43 Suppurative otitis media, unspecified, bilateral
        • H66.9 Otitis media, unspecified
        • H66.90 Otitis media, unspecified, unspecified ear
        • H66.91 Otitis media, unspecified, right ear
        • H66.92 Otitis media, unspecified, left ear
        • H66.93 Otitis media, unspecified, bilateral