H66.013
Acute suppurative otitis media with spontaneous rupture of ear drum, bilateral
Billable FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
Exclusions 8 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
Excludes2 — not included here, but the patient may have both. Code both when documented.
Instructional notes 9
H66code
Includes
- suppurative and unspecified otitis media with myringitis
Use additional code
- code 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
- 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 — H66.01
H66.011 Acute suppr otitis media w spon rupt ear drum, right ear H66.012 Acute suppr otitis media w spon rupt ear drum, left ear H66.014 Acute suppr otitis media w spon rupt ear drum, recur, r ear H66.015 Acute suppr otitis media w spon rupt ear drum, recur, l ear H66.016 Acute suppr otitis media w spon rupt ear drum, recurrent, bi H66.017 Ac suppr otitis media w spon rupt ear drum, recur, unsp ear H66.019 Acute suppr otitis media w spon rupt ear drum, unsp ear
Medications 2
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Additional references
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