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H66.4

H66.4: Suppurative otitis media, unspecified

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

H66.4 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for suppurative otitis media, unspecified. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

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.

  • Purulent otitis media NOS

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 H66.4

4 child codes. Green means billable.

Other codes under H66

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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