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388.8 DISORDERS OF EAR NEC


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: 388.8

Short Description: Disorders of ear NEC

Long Description: Other disorders of ear

Code Classification:

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

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM


Synonyms

  • Acquired abnormality of ear ossicles
  • Auditory reflex
  • Aural myiasis
  • Autoimmune disorder of inner ear
  • Bacterial ear infection
  • Burning sensation of ear
  • Disorder of ear ossicles
  • Ear feels full of water
  • Ear smelly
  • Equilibration disorder, vestibular nerve
  • Lump in ear canal
  • Lyme disease of inner ear
  • Mass in pinna
  • Mass of ear structure
  • Mass of preauricular region
  • Middle ear fistula sign positive
  • Noises in ear
  • Ototoxicity
  • Sensation of blocked ears
  • Swelling of ear structure
  • Vascular loops of inner ear
  • Viral ear infection
  • Weber's test, lateralized right

References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 388.8 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Disorder - see also Disease
    • ear 388.9
      • specified type NEC 388.8
  • Mass
    • ear 388.8
  • Swelling 782.3
    • ear 388.8

Crosswalk Information

The code 388.8 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):
ICD-9 Code ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
388.8 Right Arrow H93.8X9 Other specified disorders of ear, 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
388.69 Other otorrhea
388.70 Otalgia, unspecified
388.71 Otogenic pain
388.72 Referred otogenic pain
388.9 Unspecified disorder of ear

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

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