H71.3 Diffuse cholesteatosis

Non-billable header with 4 child codes.

Applies from H71 Cholesteatoma of middle ear

Excludes2 (not included here)

• cholesteatoma of external ear (H60.4-)
• recurrent cholesteatoma of postmastoidectomy cavity (H95.0-)

Codes under H71.3

• H71.30 Diffuse cholesteatosis, unspecified ear
• H71.31 Diffuse cholesteatosis, right ear
• H71.32 Diffuse cholesteatosis, left ear
• H71.33 Diffuse cholesteatosis, bilateral

Code annotations containing back-references to H71.3

Back-references to H71

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

Diagnosis Index entries for H71.3

• Cholesteatosis, diffuse

Nearby codes

• H71.2 Cholesteatoma of mastoid
• H71.20 Cholesteatoma of mastoid, unspecified ear
• H71.21 Cholesteatoma of mastoid, right ear
• H71.22 Cholesteatoma of mastoid, left ear
• H71.23 Cholesteatoma of mastoid, bilateral
• H71.3 Diffuse cholesteatosis (this code)
• H71.30 Diffuse cholesteatosis, unspecified ear
• H71.31 Diffuse cholesteatosis, right ear
• H71.32 Diffuse cholesteatosis, left ear
• H71.33 Diffuse cholesteatosis, bilateral
• H71.9 Unspecified cholesteatoma