H66.3
H66.3: Other chronic suppurative otitis media
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
H66.3 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for other chronic suppurative 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.
- tuberculous otitis media (A18.6)
Use additional code
Add a secondary code to capture the detail described below.
- code for any associated perforated tympanic membrane (H72.-)
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Chronic suppurative otitis media NOS
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Otitis›media›suppurative›chronic
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Code to one of these instead H66.3
1 child code. Green means billable.