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H61.11

H61.11: Acquired deformity of pinna

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

H61.11 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for acquired deformity of pinna. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Excludes2: not included here, but may coexist

The excluded condition is not part of this code, but a patient can have both. You may code both.

Inclusion terms

Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.

  • Acquired deformity of auricle

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above H61.11

Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.

Written on H61.1: Noninfective disorders of pinna

  • cauliflower ear (M95.1-)
  • gouty tophi of ear (M1A.-)

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 H61.11

4 child codes. Green means billable.

Other codes under H61.1

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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