S09.31 Primary blast injury of ear

Non-billable header with 4 child codes.

Applicable to

• Blast injury of ear NOS

Applies from S09 Other and unspecified injuries of head

7th character note

• The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S09

7th character required

• A — initial encounter
• D — subsequent encounter
• S — sequela

Applies from S09.3 Other specified and unspecified injury of middle and inner ear

Excludes1 (never code together)

• injury to ear NOS (S09.91-)

Excludes2 (not included here)

• injury to external ear (S00.4-, S01.3-, S08.1-)

Codes under S09.31

• S09.311 Primary blast injury of right ear
• S09.312 Primary blast injury of left ear
• S09.313 Primary blast injury of ear, bilateral
• S09.319 Primary blast injury of unspecified ear

Code annotations containing back-references to S09.31

Back-references to S09.31

• Type 1 Excludes: S09.2 Traumatic rupture of ear drum ("traumatic rupture of ear drum due to blast injury (S09.31-)")

Back-references to S09

• Code Also: G96.00 Cerebrospinal fluid leak, unspecified ("head injury (S00-S09)")
• Code Also: G96.08 Other cranial cerebrospinal fluid leak ("head injury (S00 - S09)")
• Code Also: G96.09 Other spinal cerebrospinal fluid leak ("head injury (S00 - S09)")

Diagnosis Index entries for S09.31

• Injury › blast (air) (hydraulic) (immersion) (underwater) NEC › ear (primary)

Nearby codes

• S09.302S Unspecified injury of left middle and inner ear, sequela
• S09.309 Unspecified injury of unspecified middle and inner ear
• S09.309A Unspecified injury of unspecified middle and inner ear, initial encounter
• S09.309D Unspecified injury of unspecified middle and inner ear, subsequent encounter
• S09.309S Unspecified injury of unspecified middle and inner ear, sequela
• S09.31 Primary blast injury of ear (this code)
• S09.311 Primary blast injury of right ear
• S09.311A Primary blast injury of right ear, initial encounter
• S09.311D Primary blast injury of right ear, subsequent encounter
• S09.311S Primary blast injury of right ear, sequela
• S09.312 Primary blast injury of left ear