H61.119
H61.119 — Acquired deformity of pinna, unspecified ear
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMunspecified
H61.119 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for acquired deformity of pinna, unspecified ear. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Risk adjustment
H61.119 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.
How H61.119 is indexed
Coders do not find codes by browsing the tabular list — they look them up in the alphabetic index, under the word the physician wrote. These are the index entries that lead here, so you can see which chart wordings map to H61.119.
- Malformation›auricle›ear›acquired
Related codes at this level
Codes that share H61.11. If H61.119 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about H61.119
- Is H61.119 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. H61.119 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does H61.119 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the ear and mastoid process (H60-H95), in the block Diseases of external ear (H60-H62).