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H71

H71: Cholesteatoma of middle ear

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

H71 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for cholesteatoma of middle ear. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Excludes2: not included here, but may coexist

The excluded condition is not part of this code, but a patient can have both. You may code both.

  • cholesteatoma of external ear (H60.4-)
  • recurrent cholesteatoma of postmastoidectomy cavity (H95.0-)

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 H71

5 child codes. Green means billable.

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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