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T70.1XXA

Billable

Sinus barotrauma (initial encounter)

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.-)

Inpatient DRG Payments

DRG 153390 discharges

Otitis Media And Uri Without Mcc

Avg. Medicare Payment

$5,964

Total Payment$8,735
Patient Responsibility$2,772
Hospital Charge$49,635
DRG 15232 discharges

Otitis Media And Uri With Mcc

Avg. Medicare Payment

$14,878

Total Payment$18,580
Patient Responsibility$3,702
Hospital Charge$156,859