H74.1

H74.1: Adhesive middle ear disease

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

H74.1 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for adhesive middle ear disease. 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.

glue ear (H65.3-)

Inclusion terms

Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.

Adhesive otitis

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above H74.1

Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.

Written on H74: Other disorders of middle ear mastoid

mastoiditis (H70.-)

Other codes that can never be billed with H74.1

Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.

H65.3Chronic mucoid otitis media

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 H74.1

4 child codes. Green means billable.