Alphabetic Index FY2027

H66.007

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

FY2027Chapter 8: Diseases of the ear and mastoid process/H65–H75 Diseases of middle ear and mastoid

BillableComplete code, valid to report

H66.007 (also written H66007) is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for acute suppurative otitis media without spontaneous rupture of ear drum, recurrent, unspecified ear. It is part of the FY2027 code set, effective October 1, 2026. It is one of the 36 codes in category H66 (Suppurative and unspecified otitis media). Its coding notes include a Use additional code instruction and 8 Excludes2 entries.

Use additional code

Add the listed code as a secondary code, if known.

Inherited from H66 Suppurative and unspecified otitis media
  • code to identify:
    • exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z77.22)
    • exposure to tobacco smoke in the perinatal period (P96.81)
    • history of tobacco dependence (Z87.891)
    • occupational exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z57.31)
    • tobacco dependence (F17.-)
    • tobacco use (Z72.0)

Excludes2

Not included here. Both codes may be reported if the patient has both conditions.

Also from chapter/block level (8 notes)
Inherited from Chapter 8 Diseases of the ear and mastoid process
  • 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.

Inherited from H66 Suppurative and unspecified otitis media
  • suppurative and unspecified otitis media with myringitis

Notes

Also from chapter/block level (1 note)
Inherited from Chapter 8 Diseases of the ear and mastoid process
  • Use an external cause code following the code for the ear condition, if applicable, to identify the cause of the ear condition