384.20 PERFORAT TYMPAN MEMB NOS


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: 384.20

Short Description: Perforat tympan memb NOS

Long Description: Perforation of tympanic membrane, unspecified

Code Classification:

  • Diseases of the sense organs (360–389)
    • Diseases of the ear and mastoid process (380-389)
      • 384 Other disorders of tympanic membrane
        • 384.20 Perforat tympan memb NOS

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM


References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 384.20 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Perforation, perforative (nontraumatic)
    • tympanum (membrane) (persistent posttraumatic) (postinflammatory) 384.20
      • with
        • otitis media- see Otitis media
      • attic 384.22
      • central 384.21
      • healed 384.81
      • marginal NEC 384.23
      • multiple 384.24
      • pars flaccida 384.22
      • total 384.25
      • traumatic - see Wound, open, ear, drum
  • Rupture, ruptured 553.9
    • ear drum (see also Perforation, tympanum) 384.20
      • with otitis media - see Otitis media
      • traumatic - see Wound, open, ear
    • membrana tympani (see also Perforation, tympanum) 384.20
      • with otitis media - see Otitis media
      • traumatic - see Wound, open, ear
    • tympanum, tympanic (membrane) (see also Perforation, tympanum) 384.20
      • with otitis media - see Otitis media
      • traumatic - see Wound, open, ear, drum

Crosswalk Information

The code 384.20 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):
ICD-9 Code ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
384.20 Right Arrow H72.90 Unsp perforation of tympanic membrane, unspecified ear
This ICD-9 to ICD-10 data is based on the 2018 General Equivalency Mapping (GEM) files published by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for informational purposes only. The data is not an ICD-10 conversion tool and doesn’t guarantee clinical accuracy.

Similar Codes

ICD-9 Code ICD-9 Description
384.00 Acute myringitis, unspecified
384.01 Bullous myringitis
384.09 Other acute myringitis without mention of otitis media
384.1 Chronic myringitis without mention of otitis media
384.21 Central perforation of tympanic membrane
384.22 Attic perforation of tympanic membrane
384.23 Other marginal perforation of tympanic membrane
384.24 Multiple perforations of tympanic membrane
384.25 Total perforation of tympanic membrane
384.81 Atrophic flaccid tympanic membrane
384.82 Atrophic nonflaccid tympanic membrane
384.9 Unspecified disorder of tympanic membrane


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