H66.009
BillableAcute suppurative otitis media without spontaneous rupture of ear drum, unspecified ear
This code does not map to an HCC category in any model (V28, V24, ESRD, RxHCC).
What This Code Means
This code describes a bacterial ear infection in the middle ear that is actively producing pus, but the eardrum has not ruptured on its own. The specific ear affected is not documented in the medical record.
Coding Tips
- •Verify documentation specifies 'acute' and 'suppurative' (pus-forming) characteristics; if the eardrum has spontaneously ruptured, use H66.01x instead
- •If the affected ear is documented as right, left, or bilateral, use the more specific codes H66.001, H66.002, or H66.003 rather than the unspecified code H66.009
Code Hierarchy
└H66Suppurative and unspecified otitis media└H66.0Acute suppurative otitis media└H66.00Acute suppurative otitis media without spontaneous rupture of ear drum└H66.009Acute suppurative otitis media without spontaneous rupture of ear drum, unspecified ear
└H66.009Acute suppurative otitis media without spontaneous rupture of ear drum, unspecified ear