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
  • 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

  • H68.01

    Acute Eustachian salpingitis

  • 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

  • H68.02

    Chronic Eustachian salpingitis

  • 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

  • H68.1

    Obstruction of Eustachian tube

  • H68.10

    Unspecified obstruction of Eustachian tube

  • 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

  • H68.11

    Osseous obstruction of Eustachian tube

  • 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

  • H68.12

    Intrinsic cartilagenous obstruction of Eustachian tube

  • H68.121

    Intrinsic cartilagenous obstruction of Eustachian tube, right ear

  • H68.122

    Intrinsic cartilagenous obstruction of Eustachian tube, left ear

  • H68.123

    Intrinsic cartilagenous obstruction of Eustachian tube, bilateral

  • H68.129

    Intrinsic cartilagenous obstruction of Eustachian tube, unspecified ear

  • H68.13

    Extrinsic cartilagenous obstruction of Eustachian tube

  • H68.131

    Extrinsic cartilagenous obstruction of Eustachian tube, right ear

  • H68.132

    Extrinsic cartilagenous obstruction of Eustachian tube, left ear

  • H68.133

    Extrinsic cartilagenous obstruction of Eustachian tube, bilateral

  • H68.139

    Extrinsic cartilagenous obstruction of Eustachian tube, unspecified ear

  • H69

    Other and unspecified disorders of Eustachian tube

  • H69.0

    Patulous Eustachian tube

  • H69.00

    Patulous Eustachian tube, unspecified ear

  • H69.01

    Patulous Eustachian tube, right ear

  • H69.02

    Patulous Eustachian tube, left ear

  • H69.03

    Patulous Eustachian tube, bilateral

  • H69.8

    Other specified disorders of Eustachian tube

  • H69.80

    Other specified disorders of Eustachian tube, unspecified ear

  • H69.81

    Other specified disorders of Eustachian tube, right ear

  • H69.82

    Other specified disorders of Eustachian tube, left ear

  • H69.83

    Other specified disorders of Eustachian tube, bilateral

  • H69.9

    Unspecified Eustachian tube disorder

  • H69.90

    Unspecified Eustachian tube disorder, unspecified ear

  • H69.91

    Unspecified Eustachian tube disorder, right ear

  • H69.92

    Unspecified Eustachian tube disorder, left ear

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