H60.50
Unspecified acute noninfective otitis externa
H60.50 is a non-billable ICD-10-CM code header for unspecified acute noninfective otitis externa. Report a more specific code from it instead. It is part of the FY2027 code set, effective October 1, 2026. The more specific codes under it are H60.501 Unspecified acute noninfective otitis externa, right ear; H60.502 Unspecified acute noninfective otitis externa, left ear; H60.503 Unspecified acute noninfective otitis externa, bilateral and H60.509 Unspecified acute noninfective otitis externa, unspecified ear. Its coding notes include 8 Excludes2 entries.
Excludes2
Not included here. Both codes may be reported if the patient has both conditions.
Also from chapter/block level (8 notes)
- 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)
Inclusion terms
Conditions classified to this code.
- Acute otitis externa NOS
Notes
Also from chapter/block level (1 note)
- Use an external cause code following the code for the ear condition, if applicable, to identify the cause of the ear condition
Alphabetic Index terms
Terms the official Alphabetic Index lists for this code. 1 entry