Chapter 8: Diseases of the ear and mastoid process (H60-H95)

Code Range: H60 — H95 5 Sections FY 2026

This chapter of the ICD-10-CM classification covers diagnosis codes from H60 through H95. Browse the sections below to find specific diagnosis codes within this chapter.

Chapter Notes

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

Excludes2 (not included here):

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)

Sections

H60-H62 Diseases of external ear (H60-H62)
191 codes
H65-H75 Diseases of middle ear and mastoid (H65-H75)
380 codes
H80-H83 Diseases of inner ear (H80-H83)
104 codes
H90-H94 Other disorders of ear (H90-H94)
147 codes
H95 Intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of ear and mastoid process, not elsewhere classified (H95)
49 codes

Top-Level Codes in This Chapter

H60 Otitis externa
H61 Other disorders of external ear
H62 Disorders of external ear in diseases classified elsewhere
H65 Nonsuppurative otitis media
H66 Suppurative and unspecified otitis media
H67 Otitis media in diseases classified elsewhere
H68 Eustachian salpingitis and obstruction
H69 Other and unspecified disorders of Eustachian tube
H70 Mastoiditis and related conditions
H71 Cholesteatoma of middle ear
H72 Perforation of tympanic membrane
H73 Other disorders of tympanic membrane
H74 Other disorders of middle ear mastoid
H75 Other disorders of middle ear and mastoid in diseases classified elsewhere
H80 Otosclerosis
H81 Disorders of vestibular function
H82 Vertiginous syndromes in diseases classified elsewhere
H83 Other diseases of inner ear
H90 Conductive and sensorineural hearing loss
H91 Other and unspecified hearing loss
H92 Otalgia and effusion of ear
H93 Other disorders of ear, not elsewhere classified
H94 Other disorders of ear in diseases classified elsewhere
H95 Intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of ear and mastoid process, not elsewhere classified

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