kodex

Kodex

ICD-10-CM
Code

H70.12

Chronic mastoiditis, left ear

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Hierarchy

  • H60-H95 Diseases of the ear and mastoid process (H60-H95)
    • H65-H75 Diseases of middle ear and mastoid (H65-H75)
      • H70 Mastoiditis and related conditions
        • H70.1 Chronic mastoiditis
          • H70.10 Chronic mastoiditis, unspecified ear
          • H70.11 Chronic mastoiditis, right ear
          • H70.12 Chronic mastoiditis, left ear
          • H70.13 Chronic mastoiditis, bilateral

Notes

H60-H95

  • Use an external cause code following the code for the ear condition, if applicable, to identify the cause of the ear condition

Inclusion Terms

H70.1

  • Caries of mastoid
  • Fistula of mastoid

Excludes 1

H70.1

  • tuberculous mastoiditis (A18.03)
    • A18.03 Tuberculosis of other bones

Excludes 2

H60-H95

  • certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
  • A00-B99 Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
  • complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
    • O00-O9A Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
  • Q00-Q99 Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
  • endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
  • S00-T88 Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
  • C00-D49 Neoplasms (C00-D49)
  • symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)