H65.49
Non-Billable
ChapterH60–H95
Ranksubcategory
Official Description
Other chronic nonsuppurative otitis media
Metadata & Insights
- •2026 ICD-10-CM Edition - Effective October 1, 2025.
- •Non-billable category (requires more specific sub-code).
- •Chapter 8: Diseases of the Ear and Mastoid Process (H60-H95).
Instructional Notes
Includes
- Chronic exudative otitis media
- Chronic nonsuppurative otitis media NOS
- Chronic otitis media with effusion (nonpurulent)
- Chronic seromucinous otitis media
General instructions are available for the parent sections:
Clinical Hierarchy
CH8Diseases of the ear and mastoid process (H60-H95)
H65-H75Diseases of middle ear and mastoid (H65-H75)
H65Nonsuppurative otitis media
H65.4Other chronic nonsuppurative otitis media
H65.49Other chronic nonsuppurative otitis media
H65.491Other chronic nonsuppurative otitis media, right ear
H65.492Other chronic nonsuppurative otitis media, left ear
H65.493Other chronic nonsuppurative otitis media, bilateral
H65.499Other chronic nonsuppurative otitis media, unspecified ear
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