H65.9
H65.9 — Unspecified nonsuppurative otitis media
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
H65.9 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for unspecified nonsuppurative otitis media. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Allergic otitis media NOS
- Catarrhal otitis media NOS
- Exudative otitis media NOS
- Mucoid otitis media NOS
- Otitis media with effusion (nonpurulent) NOS
- Secretory otitis media NOS
- Seromucinous otitis media NOS
- Serous otitis media NOS
- Transudative otitis media NOS
Risk adjustment
H65.9 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 H65.9
4 child codes. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share H65. If H65.9 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about H65.9
- Is H65.9 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. H65.9 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does H65.9 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).