H60.4 Cholesteatoma of external ear

Non-billable header with 4 child codes.

Applicable to

• Keratosis obturans of external ear (canal)

Excludes2 (not included here)

• cholesteatoma of middle ear (H71.-)
• recurrent cholesteatoma of postmastoidectomy cavity (H95.0-)

Codes under H60.4

• H60.40 Cholesteatoma of external ear, unspecified ear
• H60.41 Cholesteatoma of right external ear
• H60.42 Cholesteatoma of left external ear
• H60.43 Cholesteatoma of external ear, bilateral

Code annotations containing back-references to H60.4

Back-references to H60.4

• Type 2 Excludes: H71 Cholesteatoma of middle ear ("cholesteatoma of external ear (H60.4-)")

Diagnosis Index entries for H60.4

• Cholesteatoma (ear) (middle) (with reaction) › external ear (canal)

Nearby codes

• H60.39 Other infective otitis externa
• H60.391 Other infective otitis externa, right ear
• H60.392 Other infective otitis externa, left ear
• H60.393 Other infective otitis externa, bilateral
• H60.399 Other infective otitis externa, unspecified ear
• H60.4 Cholesteatoma of external ear (this code)
• H60.40 Cholesteatoma of external ear, unspecified ear
• H60.41 Cholesteatoma of right external ear
• H60.42 Cholesteatoma of left external ear
• H60.43 Cholesteatoma of external ear, bilateral
• H60.5 Acute noninfective otitis externa