H72
Perforation of tympanic membrane
Non-billableCategory
Coding Guidelines
Includes
- persistent post-traumatic perforation of ear drum
- postinflammatory perforation of ear drum
Excludes1 (Mutually Exclusive)
These codes should never be used together with H72
- acute suppurative otitis media with rupture of the tympanic membrane (H66.01-)
- traumatic rupture of ear drum (S09.2-)
Code First
- any associated otitis media (H65.-, H66.1-, H66.2-, H66.3-, H66.4-, H66.9-, H67.-)
