H92 — Otalgia and effusion of ear
Is H92 billable?
No — H92 is a non-billable header code. H92 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 12 billable codes beneath H92.
Billable codes under this header
- H92.01Otalgia, right ear
- H92.02Otalgia, left ear
- H92.03Otalgia, bilateral
- H92.09Otalgia, unspecified ear
- H92.10Otorrhea, unspecified ear
- H92.11Otorrhea, right ear
- H92.12Otorrhea, left ear
- H92.13Otorrhea, bilateral
- H92.20Otorrhagia, unspecified ear
- H92.21Otorrhagia, right ear
- H92.22Otorrhagia, left ear
- H92.23Otorrhagia, bilateral
H92 at a glance
| Code | H92 |
|---|---|
| Description | Otalgia and effusion of ear |
| 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 H92, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, H92 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 H92? (3)
How long has H92 existed?
H92 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.
Which codes are confused with H92?
ICD-10-CM declares these codes mutually exclusive with H92 — exactly one of each pair can be correct for a given encounter.