H61.3
Header — not billableAcquired stenosis of external ear canal
The ICD-10 code for acquired stenosis of external ear canal is H61.3.
H61.3 is a non-billable header code. It groups related conditions but cannot be used on its own for reimbursement — select one of the 4 more specific codes below.
Clinical notes
Excludes1 (not coded here)
An Excludes1 note is a pure exclusion: the excluded condition and this code should never be reported together, because the two conditions cannot occur at the same time (e.g. a congenital form vs. an acquired form of the same disease).
- postprocedural stenosis of external ear canal (H95.81-)
Also known as
Alternate wording, synonyms, or specific conditions that fall under this code, listed to help confirm you've picked the right one.
- Collapse of external ear canal
Documentation support
General coding-documentation guidance — not a substitute for payer-specific requirements or professional coding judgment.
- •This is a non-billable header code. Documentation must support a more specific child code before this diagnosis can be reported on a claim.
- •Confirm the excluded condition(s) listed above are not also present — Excludes1 conditions cannot be coded together with this one.
- •As a general rule, code to the highest level of specificity supported by the documentation in the medical record.
Child codes under H61.3
- H61.30Acquired stenosis of external ear canal, unspecifiednon-billable header
- H61.31Acquired stenosis of external ear canal secondary to traumanon-billable header
- H61.32Acquired stenosis of external ear canal secondary to inflammation and infectionnon-billable header
- H61.39Other acquired stenosis of external ear canalnon-billable header
Related codes in this category
- H61.0Chondritis and perichondritis of external earnon-billable header
- H61.1Noninfective disorders of pinnanon-billable header
- H61.2Impacted cerumennon-billable header
- H61.8Other specified disorders of external earnon-billable header
- H61.9Disorder of external ear, unspecifiednon-billable header
- H61.3Acquired stenosis of external ear canalnon-billable header