H66.006

Acute suppurative otitis media without spontaneous rupture of ear drum, recurrent, bilateral

Billable / specific

H66.006 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 H66)

  • suppurative and unspecified otitis media with myringitis
  • Note: Use an external cause code following the code for the ear condition, if applicable, to identify the cause of the ear condition

Excludes2

Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.

  • certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96) (from H66)
  • certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99) (from H66)
  • complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A) (from H66)
  • congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99) (from H66)
  • endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88) (from H66)
  • injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88) (from H66)
  • neoplasms (C00-D49) (from H66)
  • symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94) (from H66)

Use additional code

Add a code to identify the following, if applicable.

  • code to identify: (from H66)
  • exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z77.22) (from H66)
  • exposure to tobacco smoke in the perinatal period (P96.81) (from H66)
  • history of tobacco dependence (Z87.891) (from H66)
  • occupational exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z57.31) (from H66)
  • tobacco dependence (F17.-) (from H66)
  • tobacco use (Z72.0) (from H66)

Parent code

  • H66.00Acute suppurative otitis media without spontaneous rupture of ear drumHeader

Related codes

  • H66.001Acute suppurative otitis media without spontaneous rupture of ear drum, right earBillable
  • H66.002Acute suppurative otitis media without spontaneous rupture of ear drum, left earBillable
  • H66.003Acute suppurative otitis media without spontaneous rupture of ear drum, bilateralBillable
  • H66.004Acute suppurative otitis media without spontaneous rupture of ear drum, recurrent, right earBillable
  • H66.005Acute suppurative otitis media without spontaneous rupture of ear drum, recurrent, left earBillable
  • H66.007Acute suppurative otitis media without spontaneous rupture of ear drum, recurrent, unspecified earBillable
  • H66.009Acute suppurative otitis media without spontaneous rupture of ear drum, unspecified earBillable

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