ICD-10-CM · Chapter 8 · H60–H95
H65.196
Other acute nonsuppurative otitis media, recurrent, bilateral
Diseases of the ear and mastoid process
Quick facts
- Code
- H65.196
- Type
- Billable code
- ICD-10-CM chapter
- Chapter 8 — Diseases of the ear and mastoid process
- Category
- H65 — Nonsuppurative otitis media
- Specificity
- 6 characters
How coders use this code
ICD-10-CM H65.196 is a billable, fully specified code, so it can be reported directly on a claim to document a diagnosis of other acute nonsuppurative otitis media, recurrent, bilateral. Coders assign it when the chart documentation supports this level of detail, always matching to the most specific code available and verifying against the chapter-specific guidelines published annually by NCHS/CMS.
Related codes in H65
- H65Nonsuppurative otitis media
- H65.0Acute serous otitis media
- H65.00Acute serous otitis media, unspecified ear
- H65.01Acute serous otitis media, right ear
- H65.02Acute serous otitis media, left ear
- H65.03Acute serous otitis media, bilateral
- H65.04Acute serous otitis media, recurrent, right ear
- H65.05Acute serous otitis media, recurrent, left ear
- H65.06Acute serous otitis media, recurrent, bilateral
- H65.07Acute serous otitis media, recurrent, unspecified ear
- H65.1Other acute nonsuppurative otitis media
- H65.11Acute and subacute allergic otitis media (mucoid) (sanguinous) (serous)
- H65.111Acute and subacute allergic otitis media (mucoid) (sanguinous) (serous), right ear
- H65.112Acute and subacute allergic otitis media (mucoid) (sanguinous) (serous), left ear
- H65.113Acute and subacute allergic otitis media (mucoid) (sanguinous) (serous), bilateral
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