H60
H60 — Otitis externa
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
H60 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for otitis externa. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Risk adjustment
H60 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.
Code to one of these instead H60
9 child codes. Green means billable.
Questions about H60
- Is H60 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. H60 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does H60 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the ear and mastoid process (H60-H95), in the block Diseases of external ear (H60-H62).