Perforation of tympanic membrane - H72
This notation helps users understand the scope of a code H72 category and provides additional information about the conditions or terms that fall under that category.
Category Includes:
- persistent post-traumatic perforation of ear drum
- postinflammatory perforation of ear drum
Excludes1: It indicates that the conditions described by two codes cannot occur together in the same patient. These codes are mutually exclusive.
Type 1 Excludes:
- acute suppurative otitis media with rupture of the tympanic membrane (H66.01-)
- traumatic rupture of ear drum (S09.2-)
Code First: This note advises that another code should be sequenced as the principal diagnosis before the code with this note.
Category codeFirst:
- any associated otitis media (H65.-, H66.1-, H66.2-, H66.3-, H66.4-, H66.9-, H67.-)
These ranges represents subcategories of Perforation of tympanic membrane. The "H72" signifies that these are the diseases within this broad category.
Codes:
- H72.0 - Central perforation of tympanic membrane
- H72.00 - Central perforation of tympanic membrane, unspecified ear
- H72.01 - Central perforation of tympanic membrane, right ear
- H72.02 - Central perforation of tympanic membrane, left ear
- H72.03 - Central perforation of tympanic membrane, bilateral
- H72.1 - Attic perforation of tympanic membrane
- H72.10 - Attic perforation of tympanic membrane, unspecified ear
- H72.11 - Attic perforation of tympanic membrane, right ear
- H72.12 - Attic perforation of tympanic membrane, left ear
- H72.13 - Attic perforation of tympanic membrane, bilateral
- H72.2 - Other marginal perforations of tympanic membrane
- H72.2X - Other marginal perforations of tympanic membrane
- H72.2X1 - Other marginal perforations of tympanic membrane, right ear
- H72.2X2 - Other marginal perforations of tympanic membrane, left ear
- H72.2X3 - Other marginal perforations of tympanic membrane, bilateral
- H72.2X9 - Other marginal perforations of tympanic membrane, unspecified ear
- H72.8 - Other perforations of tympanic membrane
- H72.81 - Multiple perforations of tympanic membrane
- H72.811 - Multiple perforations of tympanic membrane, right ear
- H72.812 - Multiple perforations of tympanic membrane, left ear
- H72.813 - Multiple perforations of tympanic membrane, bilateral
- H72.819 - Multiple perforations of tympanic membrane, unspecified ear
- H72.82 - Total perforations of tympanic membrane
- H72.821 - Total perforations of tympanic membrane, right ear
- H72.822 - Total perforations of tympanic membrane, left ear
- H72.823 - Total perforations of tympanic membrane, bilateral
- H72.829 - Total perforations of tympanic membrane, unspecified ear
- H72.9 - Unspecified perforation of tympanic membrane
- H72.90 - Unspecified perforation of tympanic membrane, unspecified ear
- H72.91 - Unspecified perforation of tympanic membrane, right ear
- H72.92 - Unspecified perforation of tympanic membrane, left ear
- H72.93 - Unspecified perforation of tympanic membrane, bilateral