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H74.9

H74.9: Unspecified disorder of middle ear and mastoid

Non-billable headerICD-10-CMunspecified

H74.9 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for unspecified disorder of middle ear and mastoid. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above H74.9

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.-)

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 H74.9

4 child codes. Green means billable.

Other codes under H74

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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