H65.33
Chronic mucoid otitis media, bilateral
Billable FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
Exclusions 9 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 15
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
H65.3code
Inclusion terms
- Chronic mucinous otitis media
- Chronic secretory otitis media
- Chronic transudative otitis media
- Glue ear
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 3 same parent — H65.3
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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