H61.0
H61.0: Chondritis and perichondritis of external ear
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
H61.0 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for chondritis and perichondritis of external ear. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Chondrodermatitis nodularis chronica helicis
- Perichondritis of auricle
- Perichondritis of pinna
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Code to one of these instead H61.0
4 child codes. Green means billable.