ICD-10-CM category
H65: Nonsuppurative otitis media
Codes under H65 (Nonsuppurative otitis media). A ✓ marks a billable (fully specified) code; category codes without a ✓ are not billable on their own.
| Code | Description | Billable |
|---|---|---|
| H65.0 | Acute serous otitis media | — |
| H65.00 | Acute serous otitis media, unspecified ear | ✓ |
| H65.01 | Acute serous otitis media, right ear | ✓ |
| H65.1 | Other acute nonsuppurative otitis media | — |
| H65.02 | Acute serous otitis media, left ear | ✓ |
| H65.2 | Chronic serous otitis media | — |
| H65.03 | Acute serous otitis media, bilateral | ✓ |
| H65.3 | Chronic mucoid otitis media | — |
| H65.04 | Acute serous otitis media, recurrent, right ear | ✓ |
| H65.4 | Other chronic nonsuppurative otitis media | — |
| H65.05 | Acute serous otitis media, recurrent, left ear | ✓ |
| H65.06 | Acute serous otitis media, recurrent, bilateral | ✓ |
| H65.07 | Acute serous otitis media, recurrent, unspecified ear | ✓ |
| H65.9 | Unspecified nonsuppurative otitis media | — |
| H65.11 | Acute and subacute allergic otitis media (mucoid) (sanguinous) (serous) | — |
| H65.19 | Other acute nonsuppurative otitis media | — |
| H65.20 | Chronic serous otitis media, unspecified ear | ✓ |
| H65.21 | Chronic serous otitis media, right ear | ✓ |
| H65.22 | Chronic serous otitis media, left ear | ✓ |
| H65.23 | Chronic serous otitis media, bilateral | ✓ |
| H65.30 | Chronic mucoid otitis media, unspecified ear | ✓ |
| H65.31 | Chronic mucoid otitis media, right ear | ✓ |
| H65.32 | Chronic mucoid otitis media, left ear | ✓ |
| H65.33 | Chronic mucoid otitis media, bilateral | ✓ |
| H65.41 | Chronic allergic otitis media | — |
| H65.49 | Other chronic nonsuppurative otitis media | — |
| H65.90 | Unspecified nonsuppurative otitis media, unspecified ear | ✓ |
| H65.91 | Unspecified nonsuppurative otitis media, right ear | ✓ |
| H65.92 | Unspecified nonsuppurative otitis media, left ear | ✓ |
| H65.93 | Unspecified nonsuppurative otitis media, bilateral | ✓ |
| H65.111 | Acute and subacute allergic otitis media (mucoid) (sanguinous) (serous), right ear | ✓ |
| H65.112 | Acute and subacute allergic otitis media (mucoid) (sanguinous) (serous), left ear | ✓ |
| H65.113 | Acute and subacute allergic otitis media (mucoid) (sanguinous) (serous), bilateral | ✓ |
| H65.114 | Acute and subacute allergic otitis media (mucoid) (sanguinous) (serous), recurrent, right ear | ✓ |
| H65.115 | Acute and subacute allergic otitis media (mucoid) (sanguinous) (serous), recurrent, left ear | ✓ |
| H65.116 | Acute and subacute allergic otitis media (mucoid) (sanguinous) (serous), recurrent, bilateral | ✓ |
| H65.117 | Acute and subacute allergic otitis media (mucoid) (sanguinous) (serous), recurrent, unspecified ear | ✓ |
| H65.119 | Acute and subacute allergic otitis media (mucoid) (sanguinous) (serous), unspecified ear | ✓ |
| H65.191 | Other acute nonsuppurative otitis media, right ear | ✓ |
| H65.192 | Other acute nonsuppurative otitis media, left ear | ✓ |
| H65.193 | Other acute nonsuppurative otitis media, bilateral | ✓ |
| H65.194 | Other acute nonsuppurative otitis media, recurrent, right ear | ✓ |
| H65.195 | Other acute nonsuppurative otitis media, recurrent, left ear | ✓ |
| H65.196 | Other acute nonsuppurative otitis media, recurrent, bilateral | ✓ |
| H65.197 | Other acute nonsuppurative otitis media recurrent, unspecified ear | ✓ |
| H65.199 | Other acute nonsuppurative otitis media, unspecified ear | ✓ |
| H65.411 | Chronic allergic otitis media, right ear | ✓ |
| H65.412 | Chronic allergic otitis media, left ear | ✓ |
| H65.413 | Chronic allergic otitis media, bilateral | ✓ |
| H65.419 | Chronic allergic otitis media, unspecified ear | ✓ |
| H65.491 | Other chronic nonsuppurative otitis media, right ear | ✓ |
| H65.492 | Other chronic nonsuppurative otitis media, left ear | ✓ |
| H65.493 | Other chronic nonsuppurative otitis media, bilateral | ✓ |
| H65.499 | Other chronic nonsuppurative otitis media, unspecified ear | ✓ |
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