H95.81Postprocedural stenosis of external ear canal

H95.81 is the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for postprocedural stenosis of external ear canal. It belongs to category H95 (intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of ear and mastoid process, not elsewhere classified), block H95 (intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of ear and mastoid process, not elsewhere classified) 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 H95.8 (other intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of the ear and mastoid process, not elsewhere classified), H95.81 is specifically for postprocedural stenosis of external ear canal. Related codes cover other intraoperative complications and disorders of the ear and mastoid process, not elsewhere classified (H95.88) and other postprocedural complications and disorders of the ear and mastoid process, not elsewhere classified (H95.89).

To report this condition, pick the subcode that matches the documentation: H95.811 (canal), H95.812 (canal), H95.813 (bilateral) and H95.819 (canal).

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