H60
Header — not billableOtitis externa
The ICD-10 code for otitis externa is H60.
H60 is a non-billable header code. It groups related conditions but cannot be used on its own for reimbursement — select one of the 9 more specific codes below.
Documentation support
General coding-documentation guidance — not a substitute for payer-specific requirements or professional coding judgment.
- •This is a non-billable header code. Documentation must support a more specific child code before this diagnosis can be reported on a claim.
- •As a general rule, code to the highest level of specificity supported by the documentation in the medical record.
Child codes under H60
- H60.0Abscess of external earnon-billable header
- H60.1Cellulitis of external earnon-billable header
- H60.2Malignant otitis externanon-billable header
- H60.3Other infective otitis externanon-billable header
- H60.4Cholesteatoma of external earnon-billable header
- H60.5Acute noninfective otitis externanon-billable header
- H60.6Unspecified chronic otitis externanon-billable header
- H60.8Other otitis externanon-billable header
- H60.9Unspecified otitis externanon-billable header
Related codes in this category
- H61Other disorders of external earnon-billable header
- H62Disorders of external ear in diseases classified elsewherenon-billable header
- H60Otitis externanon-billable header