H61.2 Impacted cerumen

Non-billable header with 4 child codes.

Applicable to

• Wax in ear

Codes under H61.2

• H61.20 Impacted cerumen, unspecified ear
• H61.21 Impacted cerumen, right ear
• H61.22 Impacted cerumen, left ear
• H61.23 Impacted cerumen, bilateral

Code annotations containing back-references to H61.2

Back-references to H61.2

• Type 1 Excludes: H91 Other and unspecified hearing loss ("impacted cerumen (H61.2-)")

Diagnosis Index entries for H61.2

• Cerumen (accumulation) (impacted)
• Impaction, impacted › cerumen (ear) (external)

Nearby codes

• H61.19 Other noninfective disorders of pinna
• H61.191 Noninfective disorders of pinna, right ear
• H61.192 Noninfective disorders of pinna, left ear
• H61.193 Noninfective disorders of pinna, bilateral
• H61.199 Noninfective disorders of pinna, unspecified ear
• H61.2 Impacted cerumen (this code)
• H61.20 Impacted cerumen, unspecified ear
• H61.21 Impacted cerumen, right ear
• H61.22 Impacted cerumen, left ear
• H61.23 Impacted cerumen, bilateral
• H61.3 Acquired stenosis of external ear canal