H60.0 Abscess of external ear

Non-billable header with 4 child codes.

Applicable to

• Boil of external ear
• Carbuncle of auricle or external auditory canal
• Furuncle of external ear

Codes under H60.0

• H60.00 Abscess of external ear, unspecified ear
• H60.01 Abscess of right external ear
• H60.02 Abscess of left external ear
• H60.03 Abscess of external ear, bilateral

Code annotations containing back-references to H60.0

Back-references to H60.0

• Type 2 Excludes: L02.0 Cutaneous abscess, furuncle and carbuncle of face ("abscess of ear, external (H60.0)")

Diagnosis Index entries for H60.0

• Abscess (connective tissue) (embolic) (fistulous) (infective) (metastatic) (multiple) (pernicious) (pyogenic) (septic) › ear (middle) › external

Nearby codes

• H60 Otitis externa
• H60.0 Abscess of external ear (this code)
• H60.00 Abscess of external ear, unspecified ear
• H60.01 Abscess of right external ear
• H60.02 Abscess of left external ear
• H60.03 Abscess of external ear, bilateral
• H60.1 Cellulitis of external ear