Catalog

Disorder of tympanic membrane, unspecified

No MMS code

Link to WHO Definition

Disorder of tympanic membrane, unspecified – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/1360582250

This is disorders of the thin, cone-shaped membrane that separates the external ear from the middle ear in humans and other tetrapods. Its function is to transmit sound from the air to the ossicles inside the middle ear, and then to the oval window in the fluid-filled cochlea, unspecified.