H61.1Noninfective disorders of pinna

H61.1 is the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for noninfective disorders of pinna. It belongs to category H61 (other disorders of external ear), block H60-H62 (diseases of external ear) and chapter 8 (diseases of the ear and mastoid process). It is a header code, so it can't be reported by itself; one of its 4 subcodes must be used instead.

Within H61 (other disorders of external ear), H61.1 is specifically for noninfective disorders of pinna. Related codes cover Chondritis and perichondritis of external ear (H61.0), impacted cerumen (H61.2), acquired stenosis of external ear canal (H61.3), other specified disorders of external ear (H61.8) and disorder of external ear, unspecified (H61.9).

To report this condition, pick the subcode that matches the documentation: H61.10 (pinna), H61.11 (pinna), H61.12 (pinna) and H61.19 (pinna).

The conditions in its Excludes2 note aren't part of H61.1, but may be coded alongside it if the patient has both: cauliflower ear (M95.1-) and gouty tophi of ear (M1A.-).

It has been part of ICD-10-CM since the code set took effect on October 1, 2015 and hasn't changed since.