H66.005 — Acute suppurative otitis media without spontaneous rupture of ear drum, recurrent, left ear

Billable

Is H66.005 billable?

Yes — H66.005 is billable for FY2027. H66.005 is a valid, billable ICD-10-CM code at the highest level of specificity in its branch. H66.005 may be submitted for encounters from October 1, 2026 through September 30, 2027.

H66.005 at a glance

Code	H66.005
Description	Acute suppurative otitis media without spontaneous rupture of ear drum, recurrent, left ear
Billable	Yes
Code set	ICD-10-CM FY2027
Valid for encounters	October 1, 2026 – September 30, 2027

Which MS-DRGs does H66.005 group to?

H66.005 sits in MDC 03 and helps define the logic of 2 MS-DRGs (version 44, FY2027). Which one a stay actually groups to also depends on procedures and secondary diagnoses.

152Otitis Media and URI with MCCmedical
153Otitis Media and URI without MCCmedical

How is H66.005 listed in the Alphabetic Index?

The Alphabetic Index lists these routes under H66.00, the nearest indexed parent of H66.005. Use them to find the family, then select the specific code.

Otitis › media › suppurative › acute (acute)
Otitis › media › suppurative › acute › recurrent (acute)

Use additional code — inherited from H66

Report an additional code alongside H66.005 to fully describe the condition. H66.005 is sequenced first.

code to identify:
exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z77.22)
exposure to tobacco smoke in the perinatal period (P96.81)
history of tobacco dependence (Z87.891)
occupational exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z57.31)
tobacco dependence (F17.-)
tobacco use (Z72.0)

Excludes2 — not included here — inherited from Chapter 8

The conditions below are not part of H66.005, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, H66.005 and the excluded code may both be reported.

certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
neoplasms (C00-D49)
symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)

How long has H66.005 existed?

H66.005 has been in ICD-10-CM since at least FY2016, the earliest fiscal year on record here.

Derived from the official order files for FY2016–FY2026. FY2017 and FY2020 publish no order file, so those years are not covered.