H72✓ Billable
Perforation of tympanic membrane
✓ Includes
- •persistent post-traumatic perforation of ear drum
✗ Excludes 1(Not coded here)
- •acute suppurative otitis media with rupture of the tympanic membrane (H66.01-)
Code Hierarchy
┌8Diseases of the ear and mastoid process (H60-H95)├H65-H75Diseases of middle ear and mastoid (H65-H75)├H72Perforation of tympanic membrane
└H72Perforation of tympanic membrane
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