H66.3Other chronic suppurative otitis media
Code usage status
Primary diagnosis
May be used as the primary diagnosis
Apply only when it matches the confirmed diagnosis and the documented clinical record.
Specificity
Complete code in the classification
Use when the diagnosis matches and no exclusion applies.
- Chapter VIII
- Diseases of the ear and mastoid process
- Group H65-H75
- Diseases of middle ear and mastoid
- Official Vietnamese name
- Viêm tai giữa có mủ mạn tính khác
- Additional WHO coding guidance
- Chronic suppurative otitis media NOS
Related H66 codes
H66
Suppurative and unspecified otitis media
H66.0
Primary diagnosis candidate
Acute suppurative otitis media
H66.1
Primary diagnosis candidate
Chronic tubotympanic suppurative otitis media
H66.2
Primary diagnosis candidate
Chronic atticoantral suppurative otitis media
H66.4
Primary diagnosis candidate
Suppurative otitis media, unspecified
H66.9
Primary diagnosis candidate
Otitis media, unspecified
Clinical record checklist
View coding guide →- Confirm that the code matches the final documented diagnosis.
- Use one primary-diagnosis code and record only relevant additional conditions.
- Review Ministry indicators, inclusions, exclusions and notes.
- Do not infer a diagnosis beyond the clinical record.
2026 regulatory basis
Indicators are taken from columns 24–29 of the classification accompanying Circular 06/2026/TT-BYT, cross-referenced with Decision 1849/QĐ-BYT and Official Dispatch 4059/BYT-BH.
