H66.1

Chronic tubotympanic suppurative otitis media

Non-billable header

H66.1 is a non-billable header code. Use one of the more specific codes below.

Inclusion terms

Applicable to

  • Benign chronic suppurative otitis media
  • Chronic tubotympanic disease

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 for any associated perforated tympanic membrane (H72.-)
  • 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)

Also known as

  • Benign chronic suppurative otitis media
  • Chronic tubotympanic disease

Parent code

  • H66Suppurative and unspecified otitis mediaHeader

More specific codes H66.1

  • H66.10Chronic tubotympanic suppurative otitis media, unspecifiedBillable
  • H66.11Chronic tubotympanic suppurative otitis media, right earBillable
  • H66.12Chronic tubotympanic suppurative otitis media, left earBillable
  • H66.13Chronic tubotympanic suppurative otitis media, bilateralBillable

Related codes

  • H66.0Acute suppurative otitis mediaHeader
  • H66.2Chronic atticoantral suppurative otitis mediaHeader
  • H66.3Other chronic suppurative otitis mediaHeader
  • H66.4Suppurative otitis media, unspecifiedHeader
  • H66.9Otitis media, unspecifiedHeader

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