ICD-10-CM category
H68 Eustachian salpingitis and obstruction
H68 is a category, not a billable code. Report one of the 28 complete codes below.
Codes in H68
- H68.001Unspecified Eustachian salpingitis, right ear
- H68.002Unspecified Eustachian salpingitis, left ear
- H68.003Unspecified Eustachian salpingitis, bilateral
- H68.009Unspecified Eustachian salpingitis, unspecified ear
- H68.011Acute Eustachian salpingitis, right ear
- H68.012Acute Eustachian salpingitis, left ear
- H68.013Acute Eustachian salpingitis, bilateral
- H68.019Acute Eustachian salpingitis, unspecified ear
- H68.021Chronic Eustachian salpingitis, right ear
- H68.022Chronic Eustachian salpingitis, left ear
- H68.023Chronic Eustachian salpingitis, bilateral
- H68.029Chronic Eustachian salpingitis, unspecified ear
- H68.101Unspecified obstruction of Eustachian tube, right ear
- H68.102Unspecified obstruction of Eustachian tube, left ear
- H68.103Unspecified obstruction of Eustachian tube, bilateral
- H68.109Unspecified obstruction of Eustachian tube, unspecified ear
- H68.111Osseous obstruction of Eustachian tube, right ear
- H68.112Osseous obstruction of Eustachian tube, left ear
- H68.113Osseous obstruction of Eustachian tube, bilateral
- H68.119Osseous obstruction of Eustachian tube, unspecified ear
- H68.121Intrinsic cartilagenous obstruction of Eustachian tube, right ear
- H68.122Intrinsic cartilagenous obstruction of Eustachian tube, left ear
- H68.123Intrinsic cartilagenous obstruction of Eustachian tube, bilateral
- H68.129Intrinsic cartilagenous obstruction of Eustachian tube, unspecified ear
- H68.131Extrinsic cartilagenous obstruction of Eustachian tube, right ear
- H68.132Extrinsic cartilagenous obstruction of Eustachian tube, left ear
- H68.133Extrinsic cartilagenous obstruction of Eustachian tube, bilateral
- H68.139Extrinsic cartilagenous obstruction of Eustachian tube, unspecified ear
Outside the US? H68 in the international WHO ICD-10 lists its inclusion and exclusion notes.
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ICD-10-CM is developed by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and is based on the WHO ICD-10. Codes and titles are reproduced unchanged from the FY2026 code list (effective 1 October 2025). Their use here does not imply endorsement by CDC, HHS or the U.S. Government. Changes effective on or after 1 October 2026 may not be reflected yet; check the current release at cdc.gov or cms.gov before submitting claims.
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