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H60.41

Cholesteatoma of right external ear

Billable FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
Exclusions 10 never code together
H60.4code
Excludes2
  • cholesteatoma of middle ear (H71.-)H71.-
  • recurrent cholesteatoma of postmastoidectomy cavity (H95.0-)H95.0-
H60-H95chapter
Excludes2
  • certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)P04-P96
  • certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)A00-B99
  • complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)O00-O9A
  • congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)Q00-Q99
  • endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)E00-E88
  • injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)S00-T88
  • neoplasms (C00-D49)C00-D49
  • symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)R00-R94

Excludes2 — not included here, but the patient may have both. Code both when documented.

Instructional notes 2
H60.4code
Inclusion terms
  • Keratosis obturans of external ear (canal)
H60-H95chapter
Notes
  • Use an external cause code following the code for the ear condition, if applicable, to identify the cause of the ear condition
Index entries leading here 1
  • Cholesteatoma (ear) (middle) (with reaction) H71.9
    • external ear (canal) H60.4
Alongside this code 3 same parent — H60.4
Additional references
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Official coding advice for this code. Published by the American Hospital Association. Not included in this installation.

Risk adjustment

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This code

Billable
yes
Code set
FY2026
Parent
H60.4
Block
H60-H62
Siblings
3

Present FY2024–FY2027.