Acute serous otitis media, right ear. H65.01 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes. The 2019 edition of ICD-10-CM H65.01 became effective on October 1, 2018.
Otitis media, unspecified, unspecified ear H66. 90 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes. The 2022 edition of ICD-10-CM H66. 90 became effective on October 1, 2021.
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H65. 2 - Chronic serous otitis media. ICD-10-CM.
Otitis media with effusion (OME) is a collection of non-infected fluid in the middle ear space. It is also called serous or secretory otitis media (SOM). This fluid may accumulate in the middle ear as a result of a cold, sore throat or upper respiratory infection.
Other acute nonsuppurative otitis media, left ear H65. 192 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes. The 2022 edition of ICD-10-CM H65. 192 became effective on October 1, 2021.
ICD-10 | Fever, unspecified (R50. 9)
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Acute suppurative otitis media is distinguished from secretory (serous) otitis media by the presence of purulent fluid in the middle ear. Pathogenic bacteria may be cultured from the majority of needle aspirates of this purulent fluid.
Ear Infection. Be aware that serous otitis media is not an ear infection, otherwise known as acute otitis media. While both have fluid in the middle ear space, fluid with acute otitis media is infected, whereas that is not the case with serous otitis media.
Chronic Serous Otitis Media This condition is commonly caused by long standing Eustachian tube blockage, or from a thickening of the fluids so that it cannot be absorbed or drained down the tube. Chronic otitis media may be irritating or painless, but ear pressure and popping of the ears is often constant.
In this example, CPT® code 40701 (plastic repair of cleft lip/nasal deformity; primary bilateral, one stage procedure) is the primary procedure and CPT code 69436 (tympanostomy [requiring insertion of ventilating tube], general anesthesia) is the secondary procedure. Both procedures are bilateral.
Chronic suppurative otitis media (CSOM) is one of the most common childhood infectious diseases worldwide and is a leading cause of hearing impairment in resource-limited settings. It is less frequently seen in resource-rich settings.
ICD-10-CM Code for Otalgia, right ear H92. 01.
ICD-10-CM Code for Otalgia, left ear H92. 02.