388.69 OTORRHEA NEC

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Code Information

Diagnosis Code: 388.69

Short Description: Otorrhea NEC

Long Description: Other otorrhea

Code Classification:

Diseases of the sense organs (360–389)
- Diseases of the ear and mastoid process (380-389)
  - 388 Other disorders of ear
    - 388.69 Otorrhea NEC

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM

Synonyms

Bleeding from ear
Bleeding of ear canal
Blood discharge from ear
Blood in ear canal
Discharging mastoid cavity - bloody
Dried blood in external ear canal
Foul odor drainage from external ear canal
Injury of head with otorrhagia
On examination - blood - external ear
On examination - blood from ear
On examination - blood in auditory canal
On examination - bloodstained ear discharge
On examination - purulent ear discharge
On examination - serous ear discharge
On examination - waxy ear discharge
Purulent drainage from external ear canal
Serous drainage from external ear canal

References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 388.69 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries

Bleeding (see also Hemorrhage) 459.0
- ear 388.69

Discharge
- ear 388.60
  - blood 388.69

Otorrhagia 388.69
- traumatic - see nature of injury

Otorrhea 388.60
- blood 388.69

Crosswalk Information

The code 388.69 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):

ICD-9 Code		ICD-10 Code	ICD-10 Description
388.69		H92.20	Otorrhagia, 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
388.00	Degenerative and vascular disorders, unspecified
388.01	Presbyacusis
388.02	Transient ischemic deafness
388.10	Noise effects on inner ear, unspecified
388.11	Acoustic trauma (explosive) to ear
388.12	Noise-induced hearing loss
388.2	Sudden hearing loss, unspecified
388.30	Tinnitus, unspecified
388.31	Subjective tinnitus
388.32	Objective tinnitus
388.40	Abnormal auditory perception, unspecified
388.41	Diplacusis
388.42	Hyperacusis
388.43	Impairment of auditory discrimination
388.44	Auditory recruitment
388.45	Acquired auditory processing disorder
388.5	Disorders of acoustic nerve
388.60	Otorrhea, unspecified
388.61	Cerebrospinal fluid otorrhea
388.70	Otalgia, unspecified
388.71	Otogenic pain
388.72	Referred otogenic pain
388.8	Other disorders of ear
388.9	Unspecified disorder of ear

This page was last updated on: 10/1/2014

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