S09.91 Unspecified injury of ear

Non-billable ICD-10-CM code.

Applicable to

• 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

Code annotations containing back-references to S09.91

Back-references to S09.91

• Type 1 Excludes: S09.3 Other specified and unspecified injury of middle and inner ear ("injury to ear NOS (S09.91-)")

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 S09.91

• Injury › auditory canal (external) (meatus)
• Injury › auricle, auris, ear
• Injury › ear (auricle) (external) (canal)

Nearby codes

• S09.9 Unspecified injury of face and head
• S09.90 Unspecified injury of head
• S09.90XA Unspecified injury of head, initial encounter
• S09.90XD Unspecified injury of head, subsequent encounter
• S09.90XS Unspecified injury of head, sequela
• S09.91 Unspecified injury of ear (this code)
• S09.91XA Unspecified injury of ear, initial encounter
• S09.91XD Unspecified injury of ear, subsequent encounter
• S09.91XS Unspecified injury of ear, sequela
• S09.92 Unspecified injury of nose
• S09.92XA Unspecified injury of nose, initial encounter