H65.49
Other chronic nonsuppurative otitis media
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Coding notes
Excludes 1 never coded together · Excludes 2 may co-exist
Chronic exudative otitis media Chronic nonsuppurative otitis media NOS Chronic otitis media with effusion (nonpurulent) Chronic seromucinous otitis media
nonsuppurative otitis media with myringitis
code for any associated perforated tympanic membrane (H72.-) code, if applicable, to identify: exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z77.22) exposure to tobacco smoke in the perinatal period (P96.81) history of tobacco dependence (Z87.891) infectious agent (B95-B97) occupational exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z57.31) tobacco dependence (F17.-) tobacco use (Z72.0)
certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96) certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99) complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A) congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99) endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88) injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88) neoplasms (C00-D49) symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)
Use an external cause code following the code for the ear condition, if applicable, to identify the cause of the ear condition