381.10 is a legacy non-billable code used to specify a medical diagnosis of chronic serous otitis media, simple or unspecified. This code was replaced on September 30, 2015 by its ICD-10 equivalent.
381.10 is a legacy non-billable code used to specify a medical diagnosis of chronic serous otitis media, simple or unspecified. This code was replaced on September 30, 2015 by its ICD-10 equivalent.
Your ear has three main parts: outer, middle and inner. You use all of them in hearing. Sound waves come in through your outer ear. They reach your middle ear, where they make your eardrum vibrate. The vibrations are transmitted through three tiny bones, called ossicles, in your middle ear.
General Equivalence Map Definitions The ICD-9 and ICD-10 GEMs are used to facilitate linking between the diagnosis codes in ICD-9-CM and the new ICD-10-CM code set. The GEMs are the raw material from which providers, health information vendors and payers can derive specific applied mappings to meet their needs.