H65.11
H65.11 — Acute and subacute allergic otitis media (mucoid) (sanguinous) (serous)
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
H65.11 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for acute and subacute allergic otitis media (mucoid) (sanguinous) (serous). It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Risk adjustment
H65.11 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.
Code to one of these instead H65.11
8 child codes. Green means billable.
- H65.111Acute and subacute allergic otitis media (mucoid) (sanguinous) (serous), right ear
- H65.112Acute and subacute allergic otitis media (mucoid) (sanguinous) (serous), left ear
- H65.113Acute and subacute allergic otitis media (mucoid) (sanguinous) (serous), bilateral
- H65.114Acute and subacute allergic otitis media (mucoid) (sanguinous) (serous), recurrent, right ear
- H65.115Acute and subacute allergic otitis media (mucoid) (sanguinous) (serous), recurrent, left ear
- H65.116Acute and subacute allergic otitis media (mucoid) (sanguinous) (serous), recurrent, bilateral
- H65.117Acute and subacute allergic otitis media (mucoid) (sanguinous) (serous), recurrent, unspecified ear
- H65.119Acute and subacute allergic otitis media (mucoid) (sanguinous) (serous), unspecified ear
Related codes at this level
Codes that share H65.1. If H65.11 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about H65.11
- Is H65.11 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. H65.11 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does H65.11 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).