M95.1: Cauliflower ear
Your ear is deformed.
The deformation happened at some point in your life. If a person suffers a blow to the ear, blood can collect there beneath the skin. This type of bruising can damage the cartilage in the ear muscle. If the ear suffers repeated bruising, in particular, the ear conch or auricle may then become deformed.
Additional indicator
On medical documents, the ICD code is often appended by letters that indicate the diagnostic certainty or the affected side of the body.
- G: Confirmed diagnosis
- V: Tentative diagnosis
- Z: Condition after
- A: Excluded diagnosis
- L: Left
- R: Right
- B: Both sides
Further information
Source
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