H68 — Eustachian salpingitis and obstruction
Not billable
Is H68 billable?
No — H68 is a non-billable header code. H68 groups more specific codes and cannot be submitted on a claim. A valid ICD-10-CM code must be reported at the highest level of specificity available in its branch. Select one of the 28 billable codes beneath H68.
Billable codes under this header
- H68.001Unspecified Eustachian salpingitis, right ear
- H68.002Unspecified Eustachian salpingitis, left ear
- H68.003Unspecified Eustachian salpingitis, bilateral
- H68.009Unspecified Eustachian salpingitis, unspecified ear
- H68.011Acute Eustachian salpingitis, right ear
- H68.012Acute Eustachian salpingitis, left ear
- H68.013Acute Eustachian salpingitis, bilateral
- H68.019Acute Eustachian salpingitis, unspecified ear
- H68.021Chronic Eustachian salpingitis, right ear
- H68.022Chronic Eustachian salpingitis, left ear
- H68.023Chronic Eustachian salpingitis, bilateral
- H68.029Chronic Eustachian salpingitis, unspecified ear
- H68.101Unspecified obstruction of Eustachian tube, right ear
- H68.102Unspecified obstruction of Eustachian tube, left ear
- H68.103Unspecified obstruction of Eustachian tube, bilateral
- H68.109Unspecified obstruction of Eustachian tube, unspecified ear
- H68.111Osseous obstruction of Eustachian tube, right ear
- H68.112Osseous obstruction of Eustachian tube, left ear
- H68.113Osseous obstruction of Eustachian tube, bilateral
- H68.119Osseous obstruction of Eustachian tube, unspecified ear
- H68.121Intrinsic cartilagenous obstruction of Eustachian tube, right ear
- H68.122Intrinsic cartilagenous obstruction of Eustachian tube, left ear
- H68.123Intrinsic cartilagenous obstruction of Eustachian tube, bilateral
- H68.129Intrinsic cartilagenous obstruction of Eustachian tube, unspecified ear
- H68.131Extrinsic cartilagenous obstruction of Eustachian tube, right ear
- H68.132Extrinsic cartilagenous obstruction of Eustachian tube, left ear
- H68.133Extrinsic cartilagenous obstruction of Eustachian tube, bilateral
- H68.139Extrinsic cartilagenous obstruction of Eustachian tube, unspecified ear
H68 at a glance
| Code | H68 |
|---|---|
| Description | Eustachian salpingitis and obstruction |
| Billable | No — header code |
| Code set | ICD-10-CM FY2027 |
| Valid for encounters | October 1, 2026 – September 30, 2027 |
Excludes2 — not included here — inherited from Chapter 8
The conditions below are not part of H68, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, H68 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)
What codes fall under H68? (2)
How long has H68 existed?
H68 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.