Acquired stenosis of right external ear canal secondary to inflammation and infection
Billable / specific
H61.321 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes in FY2027.
Inclusion terms
Includes (from H61)
- Note: Use an external cause code following the code for the ear condition, if applicable, to identify the cause of the ear condition
Excludes1
Not coded here — never report together with this code.
Excludes2
Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.
- certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96) (from H61)
- certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99) (from H61)
- complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A) (from H61)
- congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99) (from H61)
- endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88) (from H61)
- injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88) (from H61)
- neoplasms (C00-D49) (from H61)
- symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94) (from H61)
Parent code
- H61.32Acquired stenosis of external ear canal secondary to inflammation and infectionHeader
Related codes
- H61.322Acquired stenosis of left external ear canal secondary to inflammation and infectionBillable
- H61.323Acquired stenosis of external ear canal secondary to inflammation and infection, bilateralBillable
- H61.329Acquired stenosis of external ear canal secondary to inflammation and infection, unspecified earBillable