H65.00
H65.00 — Acute serous otitis media, unspecified ear
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMunspecified
H65.00 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for acute serous otitis media, unspecified ear. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Risk adjustment
H65.00 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.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share H65.0. If H65.00 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- H65.01Acute serous otitis media, right ear
- H65.02Acute serous otitis media, left ear
- H65.03Acute serous otitis media, bilateral
- H65.04Acute serous otitis media, recurrent, right ear
- H65.05Acute serous otitis media, recurrent, left ear
- H65.06Acute serous otitis media, recurrent, bilateral
- H65.07Acute serous otitis media, recurrent, unspecified ear
Questions about H65.00
- Is H65.00 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. H65.00 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does H65.00 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the ear and mastoid process (H60-H95), in the block Diseases of middle ear and mastoid (H65-H75).