Chapter 8

H60–H95: Diseases of the Ear and Mastoid Process

Diseases of the Ear and Mastoid Process diagnostic classification updated for 2026.

Chapter Instructions

Excludes2(Not included here. Code separately if applicable.)
  • 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)
Internal Codes
  • H65.06|

    Acute serous otitis media, recurrent, bilateral

  • H65.07|

    Acute serous otitis media, recurrent, unspecified ear

  • H65.111|

    Acute and subacute allergic otitis media (mucoid) (sanguinous) (serous), right ear

  • H65.112|

    Acute and subacute allergic otitis media (mucoid) (sanguinous) (serous), left ear

  • H65.113|

    Acute and subacute allergic otitis media (mucoid) (sanguinous) (serous), bilateral

  • H65.114|

    Acute and subacute allergic otitis media (mucoid) (sanguinous) (serous), recurrent, right ear

  • H65.115|

    Acute and subacute allergic otitis media (mucoid) (sanguinous) (serous), recurrent, left ear

  • H65.116|

    Acute and subacute allergic otitis media (mucoid) (sanguinous) (serous), recurrent, bilateral

  • H65.117|

    Acute and subacute allergic otitis media (mucoid) (sanguinous) (serous), recurrent, unspecified ear

  • H65.119|

    Acute and subacute allergic otitis media (mucoid) (sanguinous) (serous), unspecified ear

  • H65.191|

    Other acute nonsuppurative otitis media, right ear

  • H65.192|

    Other acute nonsuppurative otitis media, left ear

  • H65.193|

    Other acute nonsuppurative otitis media, bilateral

  • H65.194|

    Other acute nonsuppurative otitis media, recurrent, right ear

  • H65.195|

    Other acute nonsuppurative otitis media, recurrent, left ear

  • H65.196|

    Other acute nonsuppurative otitis media, recurrent, bilateral

  • H65.197|

    Other acute nonsuppurative otitis media recurrent, unspecified ear

  • H65.199|

    Other acute nonsuppurative otitis media, unspecified ear

  • H65.20|

    Chronic serous otitis media, unspecified ear

  • H65.21|

    Chronic serous otitis media, right ear

  • H65.22|

    Chronic serous otitis media, left ear

  • H65.23|

    Chronic serous otitis media, bilateral

  • H65.30|

    Chronic mucoid otitis media, unspecified ear

  • H65.31|

    Chronic mucoid otitis media, right ear

  • H65.32|

    Chronic mucoid otitis media, left ear

  • H65.33|

    Chronic mucoid otitis media, bilateral

  • H65.411|

    Chronic allergic otitis media, right ear

  • H65.412|

    Chronic allergic otitis media, left ear

  • H65.413|

    Chronic allergic otitis media, bilateral

  • H65.419|

    Chronic allergic otitis media, unspecified ear

  • H65.491|

    Other chronic nonsuppurative otitis media, right ear

  • H65.492|

    Other chronic nonsuppurative otitis media, left ear

  • H65.493|

    Other chronic nonsuppurative otitis media, bilateral

  • H65.499|

    Other chronic nonsuppurative otitis media, unspecified ear

  • H65.90|

    Unspecified nonsuppurative otitis media, unspecified ear

  • H65.91|

    Unspecified nonsuppurative otitis media, right ear

  • H65.92|

    Unspecified nonsuppurative otitis media, left ear

  • H65.93|

    Unspecified nonsuppurative otitis media, bilateral

  • H66.001|

    Acute suppurative otitis media without spontaneous rupture of ear drum, right ear

  • H66.002|

    Acute suppurative otitis media without spontaneous rupture of ear drum, left ear

  • H66.003|

    Acute suppurative otitis media without spontaneous rupture of ear drum, bilateral

  • H66.004|

    Acute suppurative otitis media without spontaneous rupture of ear drum, recurrent, right ear

  • H66.005|

    Acute suppurative otitis media without spontaneous rupture of ear drum, recurrent, left ear

  • H66.006|

    Acute suppurative otitis media without spontaneous rupture of ear drum, recurrent, bilateral

  • H66.007|

    Acute suppurative otitis media without spontaneous rupture of ear drum, recurrent, unspecified ear

  • H66.009|

    Acute suppurative otitis media without spontaneous rupture of ear drum, unspecified ear

  • H66.011|

    Acute suppurative otitis media with spontaneous rupture of ear drum, right ear

  • H66.012|

    Acute suppurative otitis media with spontaneous rupture of ear drum, left ear

  • H66.013|

    Acute suppurative otitis media with spontaneous rupture of ear drum, bilateral

  • H66.014|

    Acute suppurative otitis media with spontaneous rupture of ear drum, recurrent, right ear

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