H71.00 — Cholesteatoma of attic, unspecified ear
H71.00 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for cholesteatoma of attic, unspecified ear. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Excludes2 inherited from the categories above H71.00
Also inherited, and the opposite of Excludes1: these conditions are not part of H71.00, but a patient can have both, so you may code both.
Risk adjustment
H71.00 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.
Medicare coverage
H71.00 is named in 1 Medicare coverage policy — 1 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which of them applies to you depends on your Medicare contractor, and coverage genuinely differs by state.
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Code history
H71.00 has not changed since FY2024 — no addition, revision or deletion across the three most recent ICD-10-CM releases.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share H71.0. If H71.00 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about H71.00
- Is H71.00 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. H71.00 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does H71.00 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).