Extrinsic cartilagenous obstruction of Eustachian tube
Non-billable header
H68.13 is a non-billable header code. Use one of the more specific codes below.
Inclusion terms
Applicable to
- Compression of Eustachian tube
Includes (from H68)
- 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 H68)
- certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99) (from H68)
- complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A) (from H68)
- congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99) (from H68)
- endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88) (from H68)
- injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88) (from H68)
- neoplasms (C00-D49) (from H68)
- symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94) (from H68)
Also known as
- Compression of Eustachian tube
- Obstruction, obstructed, obstructive, eustachian tube, cartilagenous
Parent code
- H68.1Obstruction of Eustachian tubeHeader
More specific codes H68.13
- H68.131Extrinsic cartilagenous obstruction of Eustachian tube, right earBillable
- H68.132Extrinsic cartilagenous obstruction of Eustachian tube, left earBillable
- H68.133Extrinsic cartilagenous obstruction of Eustachian tube, bilateralBillable
- H68.139Extrinsic cartilagenous obstruction of Eustachian tube, unspecified earBillable