H65.3
H65.3: Chronic mucoid otitis media
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
H65.3 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for chronic mucoid otitis media. 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.
- adhesive middle ear disease (H74.1)
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Chronic mucinous otitis media
- Chronic secretory otitis media
- Chronic transudative otitis media
- Glue ear
Other codes that can never be billed with H65.3
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
- H74.1Adhesive middle ear disease
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 H65.3
4 child codes. Green means billable.