October 1 update. Our PDGM and ICD-10 tools now use the FY2027 code set: 190 codes added, 30 deleted, and no existing code changed clinical group.

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ICD-10 · PDGM grouping

H95-H95 — Intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of ear and mastoid process, not elsewhere classified

Every ICD-10-CM code in this range and the PDGM clinical group CMS assigns to it, read from the CMS grouper crosswalk v07.2.26.

ICD-10-CM FY2027 · CMS grouper v07.2.26

Codes in range

36

No clinical group

6

A period cannot be grouped from these.

Barred as primary

0

CMS rejects these in the primary position.

Where these codes group

30 of the 36 codes in H95-H95 group to MMTA - Other. A further 6 are assigned no clinical group at all, which means a 30-day period cannot be grouped from them.

Code families in H95-H95

One page per three-character family: every code in it, whether it can lead a claim, its clinical group and comorbidity subgroup.

Every code in H95-H95

Descriptions are CMS’s own, abbreviated as CMS abbreviates them.

CodeDescriptionClinical groupPrimary position
H9500Recur cholesteatoma of postmastoidectomy cavity, unsp earNoneCannot lead a claim
H9501Recur cholesteatoma of postmastoidectomy cavity, right earACan lead a claim
H9502Recur cholesteatoma of postmastoidectomy cavity, left earACan lead a claim
H9503Recurrent cholesteatoma of postmastoidectomy cavity, bi earsACan lead a claim
H95111Chronic inflammation of postmastoidectomy cavity, right earACan lead a claim
H95112Chronic inflammation of postmastoidectomy cavity, left earACan lead a claim
H95113Chronic inflam of postmastoidectomy cavity, bilateral earsACan lead a claim
H95119Chronic inflammation of postmastoidectomy cavity, unsp earNoneCannot lead a claim
H95121Granulation of postmastoidectomy cavity, right earACan lead a claim
H95122Granulation of postmastoidectomy cavity, left earACan lead a claim
H95123Granulation of postmastoidectomy cavity, bilateral earsACan lead a claim
H95129Granulation of postmastoidectomy cavity, unspecified earNoneCannot lead a claim
H95131Mucosal cyst of postmastoidectomy cavity, right earACan lead a claim
H95132Mucosal cyst of postmastoidectomy cavity, left earACan lead a claim
H95133Mucosal cyst of postmastoidectomy cavity, bilateral earsACan lead a claim
H95139Mucosal cyst of postmastoidectomy cavity, unspecified earNoneCannot lead a claim
H95191Other disorders following mastoidectomy, right earACan lead a claim
H95192Other disorders following mastoidectomy, left earACan lead a claim
H95193Other disorders following mastoidectomy, bilateral earsACan lead a claim
H95199Other disorders following mastoidectomy, unspecified earNoneCannot lead a claim
H9521Intraop hemor/hemtom of ear/mastd comp a proc on ear/mastdACan lead a claim
H9522Intraop hemor/hemtom of ear/mastd complicating oth procedureACan lead a claim
H9531Acc pnctr & lac of the ear/mastd dur proc on the ear/mastdACan lead a claim
H9532Accidental pnctr & lac of the ear/mastd during oth procedureACan lead a claim
H9541Postprocedural hemorrhage of ear/mastd fol proc on ear/mastdACan lead a claim
H9542Postproc hemorrhage of ear/mastd following other procedureACan lead a claim
H9551Postprocedural hematoma of ear/mastd fol proc on ear/mastdACan lead a claim
H9552Postproc hematoma of ear/mastd following other procedureACan lead a claim
H9553Postprocedural seroma of ear/mastd fol proc on ear/mastdACan lead a claim
H9554Postprocedural seroma of ear/mastd following other procedureACan lead a claim
H95811Postprocedural stenosis of right external ear canalACan lead a claim
H95812Postprocedural stenosis of left external ear canalACan lead a claim
H95813Postprocedural stenosis of external ear canal, bilateralACan lead a claim
H95819Postprocedural stenosis of unspecified external ear canalNoneCannot lead a claim
H9588Oth intraop comp and disorders of the ear/mastd, NECACan lead a claim
H9589Oth postproc comp and disorders of the ear/mastd, NECACan lead a claim

Source: CMS HH PPS Grouper Software v07.2.26, effective 2026-10-01. This is the crosswalk Medicare runs a claim through. Grouping also depends on admission source, timing, the OASIS functional items and the rest of the diagnosis list.

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