H61.3 Acquired stenosis of external ear canal

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Codes under this one

H61.30 Acquired stenosis of external ear canal, unspecifiedHeader
H61.31 Acquired stenosis of external ear canal secondary to traumaHeader
H61.32 Acquired stenosis of external ear canal secondary to inflammation and infectionHeader
H61.39 Other acquired stenosis of external ear canalHeader

Instructional notes

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Excludes2Not included here: the patient may have both; report both when both are present.

certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
neoplasms (C00-D49)
symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)

Notes

Use an external cause code following the code for the ear condition, if applicable, to identify the cause of the ear condition

This code

Excludes1Not coded here: never report with this code, except when the two conditions are unrelated.

postprocedural stenosis of external ear canal (H95.81-)

Inclusion terms

Collapse of external ear canal

Chapter 8: Diseases of the ear and mastoid process · H60-H62 Diseases of external ear (H60-H62)

Source: ICD-10-CM FY 2027 code descriptions and tabular list (CMS and CDC National Center for Health Statistics), effective 2026-10-01 through 2027-09-30 · CMS ICD-10 files. HCC mapping: CMS-HCC V28, payment year 2027. As of 2026-11-04.

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