S09.39 Other specified injury of middle and inner ear

Non-billable header with 3 child codes.

Applicable to

• Secondary blast injury to ear

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 S09.39

• S09.391 Other specified injury of right middle and inner ear
• S09.392 Other specified injury of left middle and inner ear
• S09.399 Other specified injury of unspecified middle and inner ear

Code annotations containing back-references to S09.39

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 S09.39

• Injury › blast (air) (hydraulic) (immersion) (underwater) NEC › ear (primary) › secondary
• Injury › ear (auricle) (external) (canal) › middle › specified NEC

Nearby codes

• S09.313S Primary blast injury of ear, bilateral, sequela
• S09.319 Primary blast injury of unspecified ear
• S09.319A Primary blast injury of unspecified ear, initial encounter
• S09.319D Primary blast injury of unspecified ear, subsequent encounter
• S09.319S Primary blast injury of unspecified ear, sequela
• S09.39 Other specified injury of middle and inner ear (this code)
• S09.391 Other specified injury of right middle and inner ear
• S09.391A Other specified injury of right middle and inner ear, initial encounter
• S09.391D Other specified injury of right middle and inner ear, subsequent encounter
• S09.391S Other specified injury of right middle and inner ear, sequela
• S09.392 Other specified injury of left middle and inner ear