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ICD-10-CM Current in FY 2027

H72.82

Total perforations of tympanic membrane

Release
FY 2027
Effective
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Hierarchy

Where H72.82 sits in the official hierarchy. Each level is the code it is classified under.

  1. H72 Perforation of tympanic membrane
  2. H72.8 Parent Other perforations of tympanic membrane
  3. H72.82 This code Total perforations of tympanic membrane

Official Coding Notes

Reproduced verbatim from the FY 2027 ICD-10-CM files. Notes labelled as inherited are declared on a parent code and apply here too.

Includes

persistent post-traumatic perforation of ear drum

Inherited from H72 — Perforation of tympanic membrane

Includes

postinflammatory perforation of ear drum

Inherited from H72 — Perforation of tympanic membrane

Excludes1

acute suppurative otitis media with rupture of the tympanic membrane ( H66.01- )

Inherited from H72 — Perforation of tympanic membrane

Excludes1

traumatic rupture of ear drum ( S09.2- )

Inherited from H72 — Perforation of tympanic membrane

Code First

any associated otitis media ( H65 .-, H66.1- , H66.2- , H66.3- , H66.4- , H66.9- , H67 .-)

Inherited from H72 — Perforation of tympanic membrane

More Specific Codes

4 codes under H72.82

Version History

How H72.82 appears in each release imported from the official files, newest first.

  1. FY 2027 Effective

    Current

    Total perforations of tympanic membrane

  2. FY 2026 Effective

    Unchanged

    Total perforations of tympanic membrane

Related Codes

Other codes under H72.8

Data Source

Code information on this page is derived from the FY 2027 ICD-10-CM files published by CDC NCHS and CMS.

Release
FY 2027
Effective
Source file
icd10cm-code-descriptions-2027.zip

Official ICD-10-CM source files (opens in a new tab)

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