H72

Synonym

• Serous otitis media

Inclusions

• glue ear
• otitis media with effusion (OME)

Exclusions

• acute otitis media H71
• chronic otitis media H74

Criteria

• visible fluid behind the tympanic membrane, without inflammation
• or dullness of the tympanic membrane with either retracting, bulging, or with related impairment of hearing

Consider

• plugged feeling ear H13
• eustachian salpingitis/block H73

ICD-10

• H65.0; H65.1; H65.2; H65.3; H65.4; H65.9