H65.117
Acute and subacute allergic otitis media (mucoid) (sanguinous) (serous), recurrent, unspecified ear
H65.117 (also written H65117) is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for acute and subacute allergic otitis media (mucoid) (sanguinous) (serous), recurrent, unspecified ear. It is part of the FY2027 code set, effective October 1, 2026. It is one of the 44 codes in category H65 (Nonsuppurative otitis media). Its coding notes include a Use additional code instruction, 2 Excludes1 entries and 8 Excludes2 entries.
Use additional code
Add the listed code as a secondary code, if known.
Excludes1
Not coded here. The listed conditions generally should not be reported together.
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)
Includes
Further defines or gives examples of the content of the category.
- nonsuppurative otitis media with myringitis
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