MCMedicalCodingSoftware
H61.3

H61.3: Acquired stenosis of external ear canal

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

H61.3 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for acquired stenosis of external ear canal. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Excludes1: never code together

These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.

  • postprocedural stenosis of external ear canal (H95.81-)

Inclusion terms

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

  • Collapse of external ear canal

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 H61.3

4 child codes. Green means billable.

Other codes under H61

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

Loaded directly from the CMS/NCHS ICD-10-CM public-domain release: see data sources and our editorial policy. If this page disagrees with the CMS tabular list, this page is wrong. Reference information for professional coders; not medical or billing advice.