H60.4 is the authoritative medical code for Cholesteatoma of external ear. This classification is used in medical billing and clinical recording to specify the clinical criteria for cholesteatoma of external ear (ICD-10-CM H60.4), ensuring healthcare documentation aligns with 2026 federal coding standards.
Billing Status: NO. This is a clinician non-billable / parent hierarchy grouping in the ICD-10-CM system.
Sequencing, inclusion, and exclusion notes published for H60.4 in the official ICD-10-CM tabular list.
Alternative terms the tabular list files under this code.
Conditions not covered by this code, but which may be reported alongside it when both are present.
No. H60.4 (Cholesteatoma of external ear) is a non-billable ICD-10-CM category code. A more specific billable subcode must be selected based on clinical documentation.
Per Excludes2 instructions, H60.4 and the following may both be reported when both are present: cholesteatoma of middle ear (H71.-); recurrent cholesteatoma of postmastoidectomy cavity (H95.0-).
Cholesteatoma of external ear includes: Keratosis obturans of external ear (canal).
Official ICD-10-CM classifications in the same code family as H60.4, with their registry titles.
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