H71

Synonym

• Acute otitis media/myringitis

Inclusions

• acute mastoiditis
• acute suppurative otitis media
• acute tympanitis
• otitis media NOS

Exclusions

• serous otitis media H72
• chronic otitis media H74

Criteria

• recent perforation of the tympanic membrane discharging pus
• or inflamed and bulging tympanic membrane
• or one ear drum more red than the other
• or red tympanic membrane, with ear pain
• or bullae on the tympanic membrane

Consider

• ear pain H01
• ear discharge H04

ICD-10

• H66.0; H66.4; H66.9; H67.0; H67.1; H67.8; H70.0; H73.0