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
  • H66.015

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

  • H66.016

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

  • H66.017

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

  • H66.019

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

  • H66.10

    Chronic tubotympanic suppurative otitis media, unspecified

  • H66.11

    Chronic tubotympanic suppurative otitis media, right ear

  • H66.12

    Chronic tubotympanic suppurative otitis media, left ear

  • H66.13

    Chronic tubotympanic suppurative otitis media, bilateral

  • H66.20

    Chronic atticoantral suppurative otitis media, unspecified ear

  • H66.21

    Chronic atticoantral suppurative otitis media, right ear

  • H66.22

    Chronic atticoantral suppurative otitis media, left ear

  • H66.23

    Chronic atticoantral suppurative otitis media, bilateral

  • H66.3X1

    Other chronic suppurative otitis media, right ear

  • H66.3X2

    Other chronic suppurative otitis media, left ear

  • H66.3X3

    Other chronic suppurative otitis media, bilateral

  • H66.3X9

    Other chronic suppurative otitis media, unspecified ear

  • H66.40

    Suppurative otitis media, unspecified, unspecified ear

  • H66.41

    Suppurative otitis media, unspecified, right ear

  • H66.42

    Suppurative otitis media, unspecified, left ear

  • H66.43

    Suppurative otitis media, unspecified, bilateral

  • H66.90

    Otitis media, unspecified, unspecified ear

  • H66.91

    Otitis media, unspecified, right ear

  • H66.92

    Otitis media, unspecified, left ear

  • H66.93

    Otitis media, unspecified, bilateral

  • H67.1

    Otitis media in diseases classified elsewhere, right ear

  • H67.2

    Otitis media in diseases classified elsewhere, left ear

  • H67.3

    Otitis media in diseases classified elsewhere, bilateral

  • H67.9

    Otitis media in diseases classified elsewhere, unspecified ear

  • H68.001

    Unspecified Eustachian salpingitis, right ear

  • H68.002

    Unspecified Eustachian salpingitis, left ear

  • H68.003

    Unspecified Eustachian salpingitis, bilateral

  • H68.009

    Unspecified Eustachian salpingitis, unspecified ear

  • H68.011

    Acute Eustachian salpingitis, right ear

  • H68.012

    Acute Eustachian salpingitis, left ear

  • H68.013

    Acute Eustachian salpingitis, bilateral

  • H68.019

    Acute Eustachian salpingitis, unspecified ear

  • H68.021

    Chronic Eustachian salpingitis, right ear

  • H68.022

    Chronic Eustachian salpingitis, left ear

  • H68.023

    Chronic Eustachian salpingitis, bilateral

  • H68.029

    Chronic Eustachian salpingitis, unspecified ear

  • H68.101

    Unspecified obstruction of Eustachian tube, right ear

  • H68.102

    Unspecified obstruction of Eustachian tube, left ear

  • H68.103

    Unspecified obstruction of Eustachian tube, bilateral

  • H68.109

    Unspecified obstruction of Eustachian tube, unspecified ear

  • H68.111

    Osseous obstruction of Eustachian tube, right ear

  • H68.112

    Osseous obstruction of Eustachian tube, left ear

  • H68.113

    Osseous obstruction of Eustachian tube, bilateral

  • H68.119

    Osseous obstruction of Eustachian tube, unspecified ear

  • H68.121

    Intrinsic cartilagenous obstruction of Eustachian tube, right ear

  • H68.122

    Intrinsic cartilagenous obstruction of Eustachian tube, left ear

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