ICD-11 classes
10 Diseases of the ear or mastoid process
Diseases of middle ear or mastoid
Otitis media
Suppurative otitis media
AA91 — Chronic suppurative otitis media
AA91.2 — Other chronic suppurative otitis media
ICD-11 AA91.2 — Other chronic suppurative otitis media
This involves a perforation (hole) in the tympanic membrane and active bacterial infection within the middle ear space for several weeks or more. There may be enough pus that it drains to the outside of the ear (otorrhea), or the purulence may be minimal enough to only be seen on examination using a binocular microscope.
The diagnosis includes nothing.
The diagnosis excludes nothing.
It has no clarifying diagnoses.
The diagnosis is coded elsewhere: