H65
H65: Nonsuppurative otitis media
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
H65 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for nonsuppurative otitis media. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Use additional code
Add a secondary code to capture the detail described below.
- code for any associated perforated tympanic membrane (H72.-)
- code, if applicable, to identify:
- exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z77.22)
- exposure to tobacco smoke in the perinatal period (P96.81)
- history of tobacco dependence (Z87.891)
- infectious agent (B95-B97)
- occupational exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z57.31)
- tobacco dependence (F17.-)
- tobacco use (Z72.0)
Includes
Conditions this code covers.
- nonsuppurative otitis media with myringitis
Other codes that can never be billed with H65
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
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 H65
6 child codes. Green means billable.