H65.194
Other acute nonsuppurative otitis media, recurrent, right ear
Billable FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
Exclusions 10 never code together
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
Excludes1 — never code together. The excluded condition and this one are mutually exclusive.
Excludes2 — not included here, but the patient may have both. Code both when documented.
Instructional notes 11
H65code
Includes
- nonsuppurative otitis media with myringitis
Use additional code
- code for any associated perforated tympanic membrane (H72.-)H72.-
- code, if applicable, to identify:
- exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z77.22)Z77.22
- exposure to tobacco smoke in the perinatal period (P96.81)P96.81
- history of tobacco dependence (Z87.891)Z87.891
- infectious agent (B95-B97)B95-B97
- occupational exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z57.31)Z57.31
- tobacco dependence (F17.-)F17.-
- tobacco use (Z72.0)Z72.0
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
Alongside this code 7 same parent — H65.19
H65.191 Other acute nonsuppurative otitis media, right ear H65.192 Other acute nonsuppurative otitis media, left ear H65.193 Other acute nonsuppurative otitis media, bilateral H65.195 Other acute nonsuppurative otitis media, recurrent, left ear H65.196 Oth acute nonsuppurative otitis media, recurrent, bilateral H65.197 Other acute nonsuppurative otitis media recurrent, unsp ear H65.199 Other acute nonsuppurative otitis media, unspecified ear
Medications 2
MED-RT files conditions by MeSH, which carves the world differently from ICD-10. These are name matches on this code's description, offered as candidates — not as an assertion that they are this code.
Additional references
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