2012 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 388.8
Other disorders of ear
- Short description: Disorders of ear NEC.
- ICD-9-CM 388.8 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 388.8 should only be used for claims with a date of service on or before September 30, 2015. For claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015, use an equivalent ICD-10-CM code (or codes).
- You are viewing the 2012 version of ICD-9-CM 388.8.
- More recent version(s) of ICD-9-CM 388.8: 2013 2014 2015.
Convert to ICD-10-CM:
388.8 converts approximately to:
- 2015/16 ICD-10-CM H93.8X9 Other specified disorders of ear, unspecified ear
Approximate Synonyms
- Acquired abnormality of ear ossicles
- Auditory reflex
- Aural myiasis
- Autoimmune disorder of inner ear
- Autoimmune inner ear disease
- Bacterial ear infection
- Bilat autoimmune inner ear disease
- Bilat ear lesion
- Bilateral autoimmune disorder of inner ear
- Bilateral ear lesions
- Both sides autoimmune inner ear disease
- Both sides ear lesion
- Burning sensation of ear
- Disorder of ear ossicles
- Ear feels full of water
- Ear fullness
- Ear lesion
- Ear smelly
- Equilibration disorder, vestibular nerve
- Left autoimmune inner ear disease
- Left ear lesion
- Left sided autoimmune disorder of inner ear
- Lesion of ear
- Lump in ear canal
- Lyme disease of inner ear
- Mass in pinna
- Mass of ear structure
- Middle ear fistula sign positive
- Noises in ear
- Ototoxicity
- Right autoimmune inner ear disease
- Right ear lesion
- Right sided autoimmune disorder of inner ear
- Sensation of blocked ears
- Sensation of pressure in ear
- Swelling of ear structure
- Vascular loops of inner ear
- Viral ear infection
- Weber's test, lateralized right
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to
388.8:
- Disorder - see also Disease
- Mass
ear 388.8
- Swelling 782.3
- ear 388.8
degenerative NEC 
