S09.20

Non-billable

Traumatic rupture of unspecified ear drum

Chapter 19: Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes

Additional Information

From parent codes: S00-T88 (Chapter 19)

Excludes 1 — Not Coded HereFrom S00-T88

Excludes1 means 'NOT CODED HERE!' An Excludes1 note indicates mutually exclusive codes: two conditions that cannot be reported together.

birth trauma (P10-P15)
obstetric trauma (O70-O71)

Use Additional CodeFrom S00-T88

The 'use additional code' note instructs that a secondary code should be added to provide more detail.

code to identify any retained foreign body, if applicable (Z18.-)

More Specific Codes (6)

S09.2Traumatic rupture of ear drumCategory→S09.21Traumatic rupture of right ear drumCategory→S09.22Traumatic rupture of left ear drumCategory→S09.20XATraumatic rupture of unspecified ear drum (initial encounter)Billable→S09.20XDTraumatic rupture of unspecified ear drum (subsequent encounter)Billable→S09.20XSTraumatic rupture of unspecified ear drum (sequela)Billable→

Chapter Information

Chapter 19: Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes

Range: S00-T88

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Related ICD-10 Codes

More specific codes for S09.20

Traumatic rupture of ear drum

Traumatic rupture of right ear drum

Traumatic rupture of left ear drum

Traumatic rupture of unspecified ear drum (initial encounter)

Traumatic rupture of unspecified ear drum (subsequent encounter)

Traumatic rupture of unspecified ear drum (sequela)